Water WonderlanD Aquarius, Pisces, Capricornus & Delphinus

1. Water WonderlanD Aquarius, Pisces, Capricornus & Delphinus

2. The Sun’s apparent path through the sky

4. Aquarius

5. In mythology, Aquarius was associate with the cup bearer of the gods – known to serve wine or water to Zeus. For his role, he was immortalized in the stars. • Aquarius was also identified as the pourer of the waters which flooded the earth in the Great Flood, in the ancient Greek version of the myth. The New Patterns in the Sky: Myths and Legends of the Stars – Dr. Julius Staal

6. M2 NGC 7293 – Helix Nebula NGC 7009 – Saturn Nebulae

7. Age of Aquarius Astrological ages exist as a result of precession of the equinoxes. The stars and constellations appear to slowly rotate around the Earth independent of the diurnal and annual movements of the Earth on its own axis and around the Sun. This slow movement takes about 25,800 years to complete one cycle. This rotation is marked by the location of the sun in one of the twelve zodiacal constellations at the moment of the northern hemisphere vernal equinox around 21 March each year. According to different astrologers' calculations, approximated dates for entering the Age of Aquarius range from 1447 to 3597 In 1929, the International Astronomical Union defined the edges of the 88 official constellations. The edge established between Pisces and Aquarius technically locates the beginning of the Aquarian Age around the year 2600. Many astrologers dispute this approach because of the varying sizes of the zodiacal constellations and overlap between the zodiacal constellations.

8. Capricornus

9. The Seagoat emanating from a large seashell (15th Century) The New Patterns in the Sky: Myths and Legends of the Stars – Dr. Julius Staal

10. NGC 6907 M30

11. Pisces

12. The Fishes depicted as Venus and Cupid. aI-Sufi, Persian 10th Century A.D. Inset: Pisces as monster fishes, German, 1515 AD

13. Delphinus

14. Gamma Delphini A predatory fish Chukchee; Siberia The Bird Cage: Jaina; India The two brightest stars of this constellation, Sualocin (Alpha Delphini) and Rotanev (Beta Delphini), are not names dating from antiquity, but instead date from a star catalogue of 1814 that was published at the Palermo Observatory in Italy. When read backwards they form the name Nicolaus Venator which is the Latinized version of the name of the assistant director of that observatory at that time, Niccolò Cacciatore (both Cacciatore and Venator mean hunter). The Trumpet Shell: Torres Strait, Australia The New Patterns in the Sky: Myths and Legends of the Stars – Dr. Julius Staal

15. Autumn begins at 10:09 pm on September 22- autumnal equinox One effect of equinoctial periods is the temporary disruption of communications satellites. For all geostationary satellites, there are a few days near the equinox when the sun goes directly behind the satellite relative to Earth for a short period each day. The Sun's immense power and broad radiation spectrum temporarily disrupt or degrade the circuit. The duration of those effects varies but can range from a few minutes to an hour. On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 flew to within 13,000 miles of Saturn and took the first close-up pictures