ROTATING NIGHT SKY:During the night, the Earth’s rotation
on its axis slowly shifts the entire sky. This is the same
motion that swings the Sun on its daily east-to-west
trek. The rotational hub is Polaris, the North Star,
located almost exactly above the Earth’s
North Pole. Everything majestically
marches counterclockwise around it,
a motion that be comes evident
after about half an hour.
CONSTELLATIONS:
The star groups
linked by lines are
the con stellations created
by our ancestors thousands
of years ago as a way of mapping
the night sky. Modern astronomers
still use the traditional names, which
give today’s stargazers a per manent link
to the sky myths and legends of the past.
Cartography by Glenn LeDrew
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2019 •SKYNEWS 21
CAPRICORNUS
AQUARIUS
PEGASUS
CYGNUS
LYRA
DELPHINUS
CEPHEUS
CASSIOPEIA
DRACO
URSA
MINOR
URSA
MAJOR
NORTH
ANDROMEDA
CAMELOPARDALIS
HERCULES
AQUILA
Vega
Altair
Deneb
Big Dipper
M31
TRIANGULUM
PERSEUS
Double
Cluster
Polaris
PISCES
WEST
SW
NW
LACERTA
SAGITTA
VULPECULA
LYNX
Little Dipper
Northern
Cross
Great Square of Pegasus
SOUTH
AURIGA
PISCIS AUSTRINUS
Fomalhaut
CETUS
ARIES
Capella
Pleiades
Aldebaran
TAURUS
EQUULEUS
SCULPTOR
ORION
EPUS ERIDANUS
Rigel
Castor