Vega is the brightest star in the constellation and has a pale blue tint. For the early Christians the center of this constellation represented the cross of Calvary. It is a nearly perfect cross with the star Denab at its tip. During the summer months the cross appears to be on its side. Arcturus, the bright star at the center of the constellation, was known by the Arabs as the keeper of the heavens.
Bootes is bright and easy to locate.
The Corona Borealis is a beautiful semicircle of stars that mystified and bewitched the ancients. The Shawnee Indians named this constellation the Celestial Sisters and told the story of White Hawk, a mighty hunter. Walking once on the prairie at dusk, White Hawk noticed a circular path beaten down in the grass. It had no tracks entering and none leaving. As he sat pondering the circle a silver basket floated out of the sky and touched lightly on the earth.