Constellations

In science we were given the task to create a star map of four constellations that were close together. I chose to make Aquarius, Capricornus, Microscopium and Pisces Austrinus. I chose Aquarius because it is my zodiac sign, I also chose the others because it was close to aquarius. The first thing I did was cut out a cardboard and black piece of paper in the shape of a circle. then i mapped out my constellations with pins and string and secured it with pva glue and let it dry. We then took out the pins, named the stars and one sun. The difference of astronomy and astrology is that astrology is theories that aren't always backed up with evidence. Astronomy is the actual study of space science. people have used star maps as a way of navigation / travel. people who have done this are polynesians. Polynesians have used the southern cross, a constellation to find out where they needed to go.

Here is a photo of my star map