{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/space-constellations",
 "id": "space-constellations",
 "title": "Constellations and Night Sky",
 "category": "science",
 "subject": "Space",
 "levels": [
  "3-5",
  "6-8",
  "9-12"
 ],
 "description": "Well-known constellations, bright stars and sky-watching terms.",
 "tags": [
  "constellations",
  "stars",
  "night sky"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Name",
 "backLabel": "What it is",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Constellation",
   "A pattern of stars that people have named"
  ],
  [
   "How many official constellations are there?",
   "88"
  ],
  [
   "Zodiac constellations",
   "The 12 constellations the Sun appears to pass through in a year"
  ],
  [
   "Ursa Major",
   "The Great Bear; contains the Big Dipper"
  ],
  [
   "Ursa Minor",
   "The Little Bear; contains the Little Dipper"
  ],
  [
   "Big Dipper",
   "A group of seven stars in Ursa Major shaped like a ladle"
  ],
  [
   "Little Dipper",
   "Part of Ursa Minor; its handle ends at Polaris"
  ],
  [
   "Polaris",
   "The North Star, near the north celestial pole"
  ],
  [
   "How to find Polaris",
   "Follow the two stars at the edge of the Big Dipper's bowl"
  ],
  [
   "Orion",
   "The Hunter, with three stars in a row as his belt"
  ],
  [
   "Betelgeuse",
   "A red supergiant star marking Orion's shoulder"
  ],
  [
   "Rigel",
   "A blue-white supergiant in Orion"
  ],
  [
   "Sirius",
   "The brightest star in the night sky, in Canis Major"
  ],
  [
   "Canis Major",
   "The Greater Dog"
  ],
  [
   "Canis Minor",
   "The Lesser Dog; contains Procyon"
  ],
  [
   "Taurus",
   "The Bull; contains the Pleiades and Aldebaran"
  ],
  [
   "Pleiades",
   "A bright cluster of stars also called the Seven Sisters"
  ],
  [
   "Aldebaran",
   "The orange giant star that forms the eye of Taurus"
  ],
  [
   "Gemini",
   "The Twins; has Castor and Pollux"
  ],
  [
   "Cancer",
   "The Crab"
  ],
  [
   "Leo",
   "The Lion; has bright star Regulus"
  ],
  [
   "Virgo",
   "The Maiden; has bright star Spica"
  ],
  [
   "Libra",
   "The Scales"
  ],
  [
   "Scorpius",
   "The Scorpion; has red star Antares"
  ],
  [
   "Sagittarius",
   "The Archer; looks like a teapot and points to the center of the Milky Way"
  ],
  [
   "Capricornus",
   "The Sea-Goat"
  ],
  [
   "Aquarius",
   "The Water Bearer"
  ],
  [
   "Pisces",
   "The Fishes"
  ],
  [
   "Aries",
   "The Ram"
  ],
  [
   "Cassiopeia",
   "A W-shaped constellation named for a queen"
  ],
  [
   "Cepheus",
   "The King in the northern sky"
  ],
  [
   "Andromeda",
   "Named for a princess; contains the Andromeda Galaxy"
  ],
  [
   "Perseus",
   "The hero in the story of Medusa; has the Perseid meteor shower"
  ],
  [
   "Pegasus",
   "The Winged Horse, with the Great Square"
  ],
  [
   "Cygnus",
   "The Swan, also called the Northern Cross"
  ],
  [
   "Deneb",
   "The bright star at the tail of Cygnus"
  ],
  [
   "Lyra",
   "The Lyre; contains bright star Vega"
  ],
  [
   "Vega",
   "A bright blue-white star in Lyra"
  ],
  [
   "Aquila",
   "The Eagle; contains Altair"
  ],
  [
   "Summer Triangle",
   "Vega, Deneb and Altair"
  ],
  [
   "Bootes",
   "The Herdsman; contains orange giant Arcturus"
  ],
  [
   "Arcturus",
   "A bright orange star, the brightest in the northern sky"
  ],
  [
   "Crux",
   "The Southern Cross, seen from the Southern Hemisphere"
  ],
  [
   "Centaurus",
   "The Centaur; contains Alpha Centauri"
  ],
  [
   "Alpha Centauri",
   "The closest star system to the Sun, about 4.3 light-years away"
  ],
  [
   "Proxima Centauri",
   "The closest known star to the Sun"
  ],
  [
   "Canopus",
   "The second-brightest star in the night sky, in Carina"
  ],
  [
   "Draco",
   "The Dragon, winding between the Dippers"
  ],
  [
   "Hercules",
   "A large constellation of the hero"
  ],
  [
   "Auriga",
   "The Charioteer; has bright star Capella"
  ],
  [
   "Capella",
   "A bright yellow star in Auriga"
  ],
  [
   "Lepus",
   "The Hare, below Orion"
  ],
  [
   "Hydra",
   "The longest constellation"
  ],
  [
   "Crater",
   "The Cup"
  ],
  [
   "Corvus",
   "The Crow"
  ],
  [
   "Ophiuchus",
   "The Serpent Bearer"
  ],
  [
   "Milky Way",
   "Our galaxy; seen as a pale band of light across the sky"
  ],
  [
   "Andromeda Galaxy",
   "The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way, about 2.5 million light-years away"
  ],
  [
   "Meteor shower",
   "Many meteors seen as Earth passes through a comet's dust trail"
  ],
  [
   "Perseids",
   "A meteor shower in August"
  ],
  [
   "Geminids",
   "A meteor shower in December"
  ],
  [
   "Leonids",
   "A meteor shower in November"
  ],
  [
   "Planet vs star in the sky",
   "Planets shine steadily; stars twinkle"
  ],
  [
   "Asterism",
   "A star pattern that is not an official constellation, like the Big Dipper"
  ],
  [
   "Light pollution",
   "Artificial light that hides the stars"
  ],
  [
   "Dark sky",
   "An area with little light pollution, great for stargazing"
  ]
 ]
}