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Fear and Deception. Hercules, Coma Berenices & Libra Von Braun Astronomical Society June 2010. Coma Berenices. Constellation recognized Tycho Brahe 1602 (IAU 1930) Classical: Berenice’s Hair Sacrificed to Aphrodite (Venus) for husband’s safe return Disappeared overnight
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Fear and Deception Hercules, Coma Berenices & Libra Von Braun Astronomical Society June 2010
Coma Berenices • Constellation recognized Tycho Brahe 1602 (IAU 1930) • Classical: Berenice’s Hair • Sacrificed to Aphrodite (Venus) for husband’s safe return • Disappeared overnight • Quick-thinking Conon: “See it in the Sky!”
Libra: The Queen’s Scales • East Indies: Palm Tree • Pre-Classical: claws of Scorpion • possibly separated by Middle Eastern astonomers 1190 BCE (autumnal equinox)