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Celeste had to admit she was glad to see Mr. Atreyu-Rehman seemed pleased that he had gotten the answer right. Even when her subject might not be someone’s cup of tea, she did enjoy witnessing when something clicked. “Ultimately there cuid be thousands when all tis said an done. We haven’t explored every inch of the skies or have th’ strongest of telescopes to catch all the farthest away stars afta all.” Perhaps she should have clarified with claimed constellations as of now but it was still a good guess. And the second part of the boy’s answer was true. “Aye…tis why sometime constellations hev more than one name asssociated wi’ it as it was spotted and documented by more than wan person from different cultures.”
Ms. Bixby was a touch closer to the present count. “Closer…” she confirmed, wondering if there would be someone who would hit the nail on the head. In all honesty with as many stars as there are in the heavens you would think there were more named and established as there were. “Aye many of them are. Though I canna say some of them actually look like said animals.” Early astronomers had some interesting concepts when they were seeing what they were seeing.
AH yes…Mr. O’Brien had the right idea. “Aye…all in all there are actually only eighty-eight named constellations,” Celeste remarked truthfully with a nod and a smile. As for their shape both he and Ms. Marchand’s additional comments were correct as well. “Aye…I’ve often wondered what some of the astronomers were thinking at the time they claimed their discoveries wi’ th’ names they were.” Ms. Montmorency’s answer leaned towards Mr. Atreyu-Rehman’s from earlier, her words echoing what she herself had mentioned about the as of yet unknown. But the shape mention was unique. “Aye indeed.” Which brought her to the next bit of information to impart as well as the next question.
Another tap on board and more words appeared including the numbers as she spoke them aloud. “As I said...there are eighty-eight official constellations to consider. Of these there are forty-two animal constellations, twenty-eight said to be shaped like various objects, fourteen humans from history, myth and legend, two chimeras which are part human/part animal, and two pieces of nature.” Ah the river and the mesa being the rather odd men out. “Roughly half of them are from the more ancient times which are the ones whose names are myth related and the others have been made official in the last two centuries or so.”
“I’m certainly not expecting ye to know all of them, but I would like each of you to name one or two that ye might know.” It would be interesting to see just what ones stuck out in each student’s mind.
ooc:Great job all. Last question before activity
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