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Aries

Aries. Dylan’s Constellation Project. Location In Sky. You can see Aries in the sky using the following information. Right Ascension: 3 hours Declination: 20 degrees Visible between latitudes 90 and -60 degrees Aries is best seen December at 9:00 P.M. Stars. HAMAL Type: Alpha Ari

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Aries

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  1. Aries Dylan’s Constellation Project

  2. Location In Sky You can see Aries in the sky using the following information. • Right Ascension: 3 hours • Declination: 20 degrees • Visible between latitudes 90 and -60 degrees • Aries is best seen December at 9:00 P.M.

  3. Stars • HAMAL Type: Alpha Ari Distance from Earth (Light Years): 617 • Sharatan Type: Beta Ari Distance From Earth (Light Years): 553 • Mesarthim Type: Gamma 2 Ari Distance From Earth (Light Years): 546 • Botein Type: Delta Ari Distance From Earth (Light Years): 951

  4. Myth • Origin: The Greeks made the myth. • Summary: Two children were treated so badly that Hermes took pity on the mother. He took them away on a ram so they could live happily. Unfortunately, one of the children wasn’t holding on to the ram good enough, so he fell of into the sea while the other child landed safely at the destination. This child sacraficed the ram. The ram was put in the sky in a constellation by Zeus.

  5. Citations • Dolan, Chris. "Aries." . N.p.. Web. 25 Mar 2014. <http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Aries.html>. • McCarter, Norm. "Constellation Legends." . N.p.. Web. 25 Mar 2014. <http://www.tcoe.org/scicon/instructionalguide/constellations.pdf>.

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