Look Up At The Stars
I present to you, the third edition of 'Look Up At The Stars', throughout these blogs we've been taking a closer look at constellation and the stories behind them. Why? Well, if you remember from last edition, we had two reasons for that. For one, they are just the most fascinating thing. Two, if you ever find yourself in the Night Court, knowing the stars might come in handy. And three, if you're on a date, you can impress the other person with your knowledge of the galaxy. Because everyone loves a charmer that knows their stars.

The constellation for this week is...

Paris
The Carina Constellation


The Carina constellation can be found in the southern sky. The name Carina in latin means the keel of a ship. Which makes sense, as Carina used to be part of a larger constellation, the Argo Navis, which represented a mythical ship.

Carina has a total of 11 stars, which contains 'Canopus' which is the second brightest start in the night sky. There are other objects in the constellation as well, such as the Wishing Well Cluster and Diamond Cluster.



Since the Milky Way runs through Carina, there are a large number of Deep Sky Objects associated with it. For instance, there’s the Carina Nebula.
The Myths of Aquila
Although the constellation Carina doesn't have a myth for itself, it is part of a larger constellation, the Argo Navis, which has a story behind it.

The Argo Navis, represents the ship that Jason and the Argonauts sailed on to Clochis in order to find the Golden Fleece.

The ship was named after its creator Argus, who built it under the orders of Athena. Athena fitted the ship with an oak beam from the oracle of Zeus at Dodona. The oak beam, as the myth goes, was able to speak because it was part of an oracle.

Once Jason and the Argonauts reached Colchis, they took the Golden Fleece from King Aeëtes and went back to Greece, where Jason docked the ship at Corinth and dedicated it to the sea god Poseidon.


@Code by Tanuja (Carina)