What the Stars Mean

blocks_image

The Night Sky.
For millennia, man has looked—and marveled. Read on so that you, too, may learn to see what they saw.

Pleiades, or The Sisters:
A cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, usually known as the Seven Sisters. The Seven Sisters are visible to the naked eye. However, using a powerful telescope, they are actually visible naked. This makes them one of the more popular star sightings, and the only one that charges 25 cents for two minutes.

Pleiades on a Saturday Night with Only One Bathroom they have to Share:
In this constellation, the seven sisters seem to squabble. The “Bathroom” (which many astronomers believe should be considered a separate constellation), isn’t big enough to contain them all. The three stars that make up the “Curling Iron” complete the constellation.

The Pajamas of Bo Didley:
The gaseous clouds that surround this pajama-shaped constellation cause its stars to appear to “twinkle.” This is not unusual, except that the twinkling seems to occur in the rhythmic “hand jive” rhythm made famous by popular entertainer Bo Didley. Legend is that sailors of ancient times used the Pajamas of Bo Didley to answer questions like “What is my longitude?” “What is my latitude?” and “Who do you love?”

The Huge Fireworks Display Constellation:
Oh, wait, that’s not a constellation. It’s a huge fireworks display. After a while, one bright thing in the sky looks pretty much like another.

The Sun:
The Sun is an unusual constellation in that it’s made of only one star. It is also the only constellation visible in the day time.