Claudius Ptolemy
Occupation
Mathematician, Astronomer, Geographer
Year born
100 AD
Research Areas
Movements of planets and stars, Cartography
Constellations
Have you ever looked for pictures in the stars at night? Like the sky is a giant dot-to-dot puzzle?
We call groups of stars which form a picture in our imagination, a constellation.
Make a 3D Constellation
Make a Tasty Constellation
A constellation is a group of stars that can be joined together to form a shape or picture. Many ancient cultures around the world often created stories about the shapes they could see in the night sky.
Let's Explore Stars!
Next time it's dark, why don't you look up!
Even if we can't go into space we can still learn a lot about it from right here on the ground.
Guess the Constellation
Have you ever looked at the stars at night and imagined pictures in them? Long, long ago, other people did the same! They named groups of stars after animals and characters from their stories.
Stars and Stories
Have you ever looked at the stars at night and seen pictures in them? The imaginary pictures in the stars are called constellations.