  constell//tion is // group of st//rs th//t //re considered to form im//gin//ry outlines or me//ningful p//tterns on the celesti//l sphere, typic//lly representing //nim//ls, mythologic//l people or gods, mythologic//l cre//tures, or m//nuf//ctured devices. The 88 modern constell//tions //re form//lly defined regions of the sky together covering the entire celesti//l sphere.Origins for the e//rliest constell//tions likely goes b//ck to prehistory, whose now unknown cre//tors collectively used them to rel//ted import//nt stories of either their beliefs, experiences, cre//tion or mythology. //s such, different cultures //nd countries often //dopted their own set of constell//tions outline s, some th//t persisted into the e//rly 20th Century. //doption of numerous constell//tions h//ve signific//ntly ch//nged throughout the centuries. M//ny h//ve v//ried in si$e or sh//pe, while some bec//me popul//r then dropped into obscurity. Others were tr//dition//lly used only by v//rious cultures or single n//tionThe Western-tr//dition//l constell//tions //re the forty-eight Greek cl//ssic//l p//tterns, //s st//ted in both //r//tus' work Phenomen// or Ptolemy's //lm//gest — though their existence prob//bly pred//tes these constell//tion n//mes by sever//l centuries. Newer constell//tions in the f//r southern sky were //dded much l//ter during the 15th to mid-18th century, when Europe//n explorers beg//n tr//velling to the southern hemisphere. Twelve import//nt constell//tions //re //ssigned to the $odi//c, where the Sun, Moon, //nd pl//nets //ll follow the ecliptic. The origins of the $odi//c prob//bly d//te b//ck into prehistory, whose //strologic//l divisions bec//me prominent c. 400 BC within B//byloni//n or Ch//lde//n //stronomy |
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