Sunday, February 5, 2012

Does anyone know the constellation story of "Bootes"?

i am obsessed with stars! does anyone know the story of this constellation? and yes the name of the constellation is pronounced booties! haha!Does anyone know the constellation story of "Bootes"?"Bo枚tes may be a hunter, on the tracks of the Great Bear, accompanied by his two dogs Asterion and Chara (the "Canes Venatici"). And yet the constellation was once known as Arctophylax which means the protector of the Bear. Perhaps it was the Romans who changed his role, for they called him Venator Ursae: the Bear Hunter."



"Nowadays Bo枚tes is generally considered to be a Herdsman (as in French: Le Bouvier), as he eternally shepherds the stars around the North Pole."



"The constellation was known in antiquity, with the first recorded appearance being in Homer's Odyssey. In Book V Odysseus sails his ship by the stars, using the Pleiades, the Bear, and Bo枚tes ("which set late") to reach his destination."Does anyone know the constellation story of "Bootes"?Yes, just a little. Its actually quite interesting.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOOTESDoes anyone know the constellation story of "Bootes"?Isn.t that what Puss wore?

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