People from different cultures use constellations to track the seasons, navigate the seas, and tell cultural stories.
Locate the three stars Mintaka, Alnilam, and Alnitak in each constellation.
Click to listen to nighttime sounds as you explore.
The Great Hunter Orion flees across the night sky from his rival, the constellation Scorpius.
When the Ojibwe people of North America see Biboonkeonini in the night sky, they know that winter is coming soon.
Seafarers long ago used Heiheionakeiki to navigate the seas. The constellation is shaped like a Hawaiian string game that children play.
China’s Guardian of the West, Baihu, watches over the emperor’s armies and the spirits of the dead.
