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In this post which is lesson 2 of our Beginner Video Course in Alternative Astronomy, we are going to learn how to identify two more star constellations in the Summer sky in the Northern Hemisphere – Scorpio The Scorpio and Aquila The Eagle.
You start by facing due south so we can focus on the special area of the sky we have nicknamed The Real Oracle or The Real All Seeing Eye.
This special place in the sky or The Real All Seeing Eye is found where the arc of the ecliptic crosses the North-South Meridian line. It is this area in the sky, down to the Earth’s horizon that will be our focus again in this lesson.
One of the reasons that this special place in the sky is so special and that we will be focusing on in this lesson is it is where you will find all the star constellations known as the zodiac constellations travel as they rise in the east and set in the west.
This means that no matter where you live on Earth, whether it’s the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, or the East or West, everyone can look up and see the same things at some point of the year, traveling above their heads but only when looking in this very special place in the sky. This is just one of the reasons we nicknamed it The Real All Seeing Eye and we will learn much more about it in every upcoming post.
You know you are facing due south if on your right side is where the sun rises in your area and on your left side will be where the sun sets.
Beginning in the month of June, during the 1st two hours after sunset you should be able to locate Scorpio looking South, just above the Earths’ horizon and slightly to your left or the East. Throughout the month of June you will notice Scorpio will be found to be more and more westward as you are tracking it throughout the Summer months, night over night.
The bright yellow head star of Scorpio is called Antares. You can find Antares by locating the three bright stars that appear to fan out from Antares and these 3 stars appeared to our ancient ancestors to be The Scorpion’s claws. Because the bottom part of the constellation of Scorpio is so low to the Earth’s horizon, the tree line may obscure it from your view, but the head stars of Scorpio usually make it easy to see over treetops even in areas with lower elevations.
Check out the video lesson for the visual star maps and more to help you learn to identify Scorpio The Scorpion and Aquila The Eagle in the Northern Hemisphere sky this Summer season.
All of the information presented in this post comes from the Constellations by Campfire: the easy and naked eye way series. To get your paperback version, follow this link
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Until next time…stay lit and be well,
shannon