Coma Berenices

Latin Name:Coma Berenices

Meaning:Berenices’s Hair
History:
Coma Berenices is an ancient asterism in the northern sky which has been defined
as one of the 88 modern constellations. It is located in the fourth galactic
quadrant, between Leo and Boötes, and is visible in both hemispheres. ... Coma
Berenices is the only modern constellation named for a historic figure.
Coma Berenices. ... Its name means "Berenice's Hair" in Latin and refers to Queen
Berenice II of Egypt, who sacrificed her long hair as a votive offering. It was
introduced to Western astronomy during the third century BC by Conon of Samos
and was further corroborated as a constellation by Gerardus Mercator and Tycho
Brahe
Coma Berenices is the only modern constellation named for a historic figure. The
constellation's major stars are Alpha Comae Berenices, Beta Comae Berenices and
Gamma Comae Berenices. They form a 45-degree triangle, from which Berenice's
imaginary tresses, formed by the Coma Star Cluster, hang.
Coma Berenices. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of May. Coma
Berenices is an ancient asterism in the northern sky which has been defined as
one of the 88 modern constellations. It is located In the fourth galactic quadrant,
between Leo and Boötes, and is visible in both hemispheres.
Corona Australis
Latin Name:Corona Australis
Meaning:The Southern Crown
History:
Corona Australis is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its Latin
name means "southern crown", and it is the southern counterpart of Corona
Borealis, the northern crown. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-
century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
The Ancient Greeks saw Corona Australis as a wreath rather than a crown and
associated it with Sagittarius or Centaurus. Other cultures have likened the
pattern to a turtle, ostrich nest, a tent, or even a hut belonging to a rock hyrax.
Although fainter than its northern counterpart, the oval- or horseshoe-shaped
pattern of its brighter stars renders it distinctive. Alpha and Beta Coronae
Australis are the two brightest stars with an apparent magnitude of around 4.1.
Epsilon Coronae Australis is the brightest example of a W Ursae Majoris variable
in the southern sky. Lying alongside the Milky Way, Corona Australis contains one
of the closest star-forming regions to the Solar System—a dusty dark nebula
known as the Corona Australis Molecular Cloud, lying about 430 light years away.
Within it are stars at the earliest stages of their lifespan. The variable stars R and
TY Coronae Australis light up parts of the nebula, which varies in brightness
accordingly.
SAGITTA
Latin Name:Sagitta
Meaning:Arrow
History:
Sagitta is a dim but distinctive constellation in the
northern sky. Its name is Latin for "arrow", and it should
not be confused with the significantly larger constellation
Sagittarius, the archer. Although Sagitta is an ancient
constellation, it has no star brighter than 3rd magnitude
and has the third-smallest area of all constellations (only
Equuleus and Crux are smaller). It was included among
the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer
Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern
constellations defined by the International Astronomical
Union. Located to the north of the equator, Sagitta can be
seen from every location on Earth except within the
Antarctic circle.
Sagittarius
Latin Name:Sagittarius
Meaning:The Archer
History:
Sagittarius is one of the constellations of the
zodiac. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the
2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy and remains one of
the 88 modern constellations. Its name is Latin for
the archer, and its symbol is Sagittarius.svg
(Unicode U+2650 ), a stylized arrow. Sagittarius is
commonly represented as a centaur pulling back a
bow. It lies between Scorpius and Ophiuchus to the
west and Capricornus and Microscopium to the east.
SEXTANS
Latin Name:Sextans
Meaning:The Sextant
History:
Sextans as a constellation covers a rather dim, sparse region of the sky. It
has only one star above the fifth magnitude, namely α Sextantis at 4.49m. The
constellation contains a few double stars, including γ, 35, and 40 Sextantis. There
are a few notable variable stars, including β, 25, 23 Sextantis, and LHS 292. NGC
3115, an edge-on lenticular galaxy, is the only noteworthy deep-sky object. It also
lies near the ecliptic, which causes the Moon, and some of the planets to
occasionally pass through it for brief periods of time.
The constellation is the location of the field studied by the COSMOS
project, undertaken by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Sextans B is a fairly bright dwarf irregular galaxy at magnitude 6.6, 4.3
million light-years from Earth. It is part of the Local Group of galaxies.[1]

CL J1001+0220 is as of 2016 the most distant known galaxy cluster at

redshift z=2.506, 11.1 billion light-years from Earth.[2]

In June 2015, astronomers reported evidence for Population III stars in the
Cosmos Redshift 7 galaxy (at z = 6.60) found in Sextans. Such stars are likely to
have existed in the very early universe (i.e., at high redshift), and may have started
the production of chemical elements heavier than hydrogen that are needed for the
later formation of planets and life as we know it.[3][4]
Latin Name:Taurus
Meaning:The Bull
History:
Taurus (Latin for "the Bull") is one of the constellations of the
zodiac, which means it is crossed by the plane of the ecliptic.
Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern
hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations,
dating back to at least the Early Bronze Age when it marked the
location of the Sun during the spring equinox. Its importance to
the agricultural calendar influenced various bull figures in the
mythologies of Ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylon,
Egypt, Greece, and Rome.

A number of features exist that are of interest to astronomers.

Taurus hosts two of the nearest open clusters to Earth, the
Pleiades and the Hyades, both of which are visible to the naked
eye. At first magnitude, the red giant Aldebaran is the brightest
star in the constellation. In the northwest part of Taurus is the
supernova remnant Messier 1, more commonly known as the
Crab Nebula. One of the closest regions of active star formation,
the Taurus-Auriga complex, crosses into the northern part of the
constellation. The variable star T Tauri is the prototype of a
class of pre-main-sequence stars.