Last night, for us here in the northern hemisphere we had a clear night
The stars, the constellations were visible in all their glory.
There is, of course the ongoing problem of light pollution.
If you are lucky enough to live somewhere without streetlight or industrial light and can see the night sky free from any artificial light – it is magnificent.
We were lucky last night and could see – Orion with his belt, the three stars – as he points out the blue star Sirius.
The Great bear – Ursa Major also known as the big dipper.
The Pleiades – tiny hard to spot, easier to see with your peripheral vision.
Cassiopeia – the zig zag form in the sky, any beginner can find it, always there, always beautiful.
Some constellations are really hard to spot and harder to learn about as the ‘drawings’ of them always include lines that are not in the sky, I think we would seriously freak out if there were lines in the sky. What is worse are all these baroque drawings all over them – making it impossible to see the true formation and pattern of them – and also nobody tells you where to look – this annoyed me as a child as I could never work out what was what – yes i even looked at the stars and looked them up in books as a child!
Astronomy and astrology used to be one science – and before that we looked up at the stars, because we could see them, aside from our fire or lamplight there was nothing to dim the view. Now we never look up, we don’t see the stars anymore. We have lost something magnificent.
The constellations used in the zodiac are even harder to spot as they are of different sizes and shapes as they rise and fall in the sky – as all the other stars do – while the world turns and the night sky spins above us. Considering todays light pollution most have become impossible to see in their entirety.
Usually we are left with just a view of the brightest stars, or planets, which we can see with the naked eye. The sad thing is most of us do not even know which ones they are, or even if they are stars or planets.
So I was pleased we were able to see a sky peppered with stars last night as it was clear enough, and if you shielded your eyes from the worst of the city lights it was worth looking up to see them there
leading the way
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