Constellations and Stars
Constellations and Stars
There are 88 constellations. The star named Canopus is the SECOND brightest star. Sirius is more than 20 times brighter than the sun! The constellation Ursa Major is also called The Great Bear. The closet star to Earth is Proxima Centauri, and the largest constellation is Hydra, and the smallest constellation is Crux.
Interesting Fact : If you blink then you will miss a shooting star because they last less than a second!!!
Ursa Major, http://www.windows2universe.org/our_solar_system/solar_system.html 1/29/13
Kim F.S., Constellations. 2012
Gibbons, Gail. Stargazers.1992
Rajczak, Kristen. Shooting Stars. 2013
Images Retrieved from Windows to the Universe 2/5/13
Kim F.S., Constellations. 2012
Gibbons, Gail. Stargazers.1992
Rajczak, Kristen. Shooting Stars. 2013
Images Retrieved from Windows to the Universe 2/5/13