The night sky has been a source of wonder and questions for all civilizations since they began. They noticed shapes and patterns in the sky and created stories to explain them and man's relationship to them. These shapes and patterns are groups of stars that we call constellations.
Modern man looks at the night sky in a very different way.
Most of us have to go a lot further than our front door to see what early man saw. Astronomers, who make a living out of looking at the night sky, use very powerful tools to do so. They see things that early man could only imagine. The purpose of this lesson is for you, a modern student, to experience some of the wonder, fear, confusion, curiousity and awe that early man felt when he looked up and saw the starry night. Create your own star chart.