Constellations - Stars and the Solar System, Class 8 Science Video Lecture

constellations a majority of the stars
in the sky appear to be grouped together
forming interesting patterns these
patterns resemble a variety of objects
on earth such as animals and human
beings
the groups of stars in the sky forming
recognizable patterns and shapes are
called constellations there are 88 known
constellations in the universe the
prominent constellations are Ursa Major
or Great Bear Ursa Minor or Little Bear
Taurus or bull Orion or hunter Scorpio
Oh sir major when you look towards the
northern sky in July and August you will
find a group of seven stars that
resembles a plough or a kite with a tail
this constellation is also called Great
Bear and it's Indian name is subterra XI
the constellation is called Great Bear
as it resembles a bear the four stars
making a quadrangle form the body and
the three stars form the tail the to
start one and two are known as pointer
stars as they point in the direction of
the pole star
Ursa Minor the Ursa Minor is a group of
comparatively less bright stars
resembling Ursa Major
it is smaller in size its Indian name is
Lagos atarashii or Dhruva Marzia the
English name of Ursa Minor is little
bear the pole star is located in this
constellation
Taurus or bull the Taurus constellation
has the shape of a bull it is visible
during the winter season the Indian name
for this constellation is rishabha
Orion or hunter the stars are arranged
in the Orion constellation in such a way
that they resemble a hunter the
arrangement of the prominent stars in
this constellation is shown here the
Indian name of this constellation is
Rigga Oh Ryan is visible during the
winter season
Scorpio the scorpion constellation has a
group of stars which resembles the shape
of a scorpion the Indian name for this
constellation is rich chicka you can see
this constellation during the summer
season
night sky look out for those feature in
your daily newspaper and locate the
constellations in the night sky