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Our Moon reaches first quarter phase on Wednesday. First quarter actually means half Moon, said John Sabia, Keystone College Assistant Observer. The half that is illuminated is on the right side. That s the part we ll be looking at through the telescope on the right side.
Sabia also explained what Regulus is. Regulus is the heart of the lion of course. It s a bright star. You might want to use binoculars on it. You could actually see some color. A little reddish orangeish color to Regulus, he said.
Author: John Hickey Updated: 7:30 PM EDT April 13, 2021 Constellations are patterns we make out of stars in an area of the sky.
That s John Sabia.
We had an online chat about the history of constellations.
The Egyptians had constellations, the Chinese, Europe had them but they weren t uniform. That s why in 1930 the International Astronomical Union devised the maps for where the constellation boundaries are, said Sabia.
Constellations come in all shapes and sizes. These patterns of stars are named after various things, animals, people, mythological people, hair, there s even a fly out there.
There are 88 constellations in all but something separates a dozen of them from the rest.