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Essay Archive - Aquarius
Aquarius
Aquarius can be found in the SE sky in autumn, especially October. A
dark night is especially helpful because many faint stars make up Aquarius.
This will help to make the fainter stars stand out because its hard enough to
see a shape in Aquarius. Up and to the west of aquarius, pegasus can be found.
Down and to the east of aquarius, capricorn can be found.
Aquarius portrays a man or boy spilling water from an urn. Aquarius is
identified with Ganymede, a beautiful young shepherd who was abducted by Zeus
and taken to Mount Olympus to be the cup bearer for the gods.
Stars:
Sadalmelik: Arabic for "lucky one of the king". It lie....
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