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Corona Borealis, or the Northern Crown, is the crown Ariadne wore at her wedding. It was made by the supreme goldsmith, Hephaestus, at his underwater smithy
In 1603 an astronomer named Johann Bayer invented a method for using constellation names to identify the stars. He used the Greek alphabet. He used alpha (the first letter of the Greek alphabet) with the constellation's name abbreviation to show the brightest star in that constellation. The second brightest was beta, and the third brightest was gamma, and so on. Today most stars in constellations are called by the Arabic name and their Bayer name, the Greek alphabet and the abbreviation for the constellation.
Here's an example of the way we identify stars in constellations today. In Aries there is Hamal (Alpha Ari), Sharatan (Beta Ari), Mesarthin (Gamma 2 Ari), and Botein (Delta Ari). The first name was given by the Arabs a long time ago and the name in parenthesis is the Bayer name showing the first four brightest stars in Aries. Alpha Ari is the brightest star, Beta Ari is the second brightest, and so on.
There is a whole group of constellations named after Mr. Bayer. These constellations are not as bright as the other constellation families.
Originally posted by bigdanprice
This is the symbol for phi which is the golden ratio a sacred number It looks like a maze with a line going through it, like the gaps. What shapes do you find if you take it away?
- Golden Ratio
= 1. 61803 39887 49894 84820 45868
34365 63811 77203 09179 80576
28621 35448 62270 52604 62818
90244 97072 07204 18939 11374
Originally posted by bigdanprice
@Harmonious I think the difference between a maze and a layrinth is that with a labyrinth there is only one route, unus!, a maze there are dead ends and all. This is not a traditional labyrinth but it is one there are no blocks you can get through it in one go, but there are many different routes
Originally posted by bigdanprice
Thanks Mark, I just like a challenge though I should have been writing an essay today instead I was doing research. I have just got broadband so am able to get involved a lot more.
Incidentally I like the way you think with the image rotation being a clue that we should rotate the image. Any help you can give is much appreciated!
p.s.
I love the sopranos, just watched an episode tonight it was a bit weird though all Tony's dreams...
[edit on 25-10-2004 by bigdanprice]