Hello here is mnemonics star clock versesHeres a mnemonic for the Northern Circumpolar constellationsthought some people might find it useful as the skies are getting darker and starrier actual time not relevant though - the mnemonic is about relative location around the Pole Star. anyway ,hope someone finds it useful and enjoy ! and feel free to pass it on if you want to - but please leave my name on it , thanks love and light ! Anita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Star Clock Here is a verse to memorise Some stars in the Northern Skies it works just like a clock or pie and maps the way around the sky no matter time or day or year if in the Northern hemisphere First thing to do is Find the Bear two stars point up - the Pole Star's there Not very bright but all alone About it all the others turn Call it the centre of the face then all the rest fall into place 12 the pointer stars , call them Mid-day then follow round the clockwise way 1 at 1 o'clock , some more of Bear and on to Berenice's Hair and Virgo springs from Lions mane she carries Spica , Ear of Grain 2 at 2 is Ursa Minor Polaris on his tail beyond him is Arcturus and further still , the Scales 3 the Dragon coils around all these at 3 , his head bites Hercules 4 at 4 , Vega in Lyra shines 5 at 5 the great Swan spreads her wings flies like an arrow from a bow from Cassiopeia to Scorpio 6 at 6 , nothing to make much fuss , the pointy head of Cepheus 7 at 7 , shining much more clear the W of Cassiopeia 8 at eight , Perseus to Aries leaps then Cetus , famed for eating sheeps and here ,just like a shuck of peas upon the bull , the Pleiades 9 at 9 . Capella in Auriga shines 10 at 10 o'clock , the Heavenly Twins and if Orion's in the sky he's over here and ten feet high 11 11 is the bears face , its mostly just an empty space but if the night is dark as well you may see Cancer in her shell 12 midday brings us back to base so all the stars fall into place and over here , behind the bear , the lion crouches in his lair and from the darkness of his den he twitches tail and roars and then to Virgo , spins the wheel again copyright marcellavee ( Anita Greg ) 2010 |