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 lies just off the
celestial equator.
Sudalsud: It means "luckiest of the lucky" in Arabic. It is the
brightest star in the constellation
Sadachbia: Arabic for "lucky star of hidden things" or " lucky star of
the tents." This makes up part of the asterism sometimes called the tent, but
is usually called the urn referring to Aquarius.
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