Far ancient times, people looked up at the night sky,
and have imagined various things from the row of the star, such as gods, an animal, etc.
They were soon collected as Constellation.
And they were connected with myth or legend, and came to be popular by many people.
Now, the constellation of a celestial sphere was arranged by 88 pieces,
and it is used almost in common all over the world.
In this section, we introduce the objects and the mythes of the main constellations, and the star field photograph by the grism spectrometer. はるか昔から,人々は夜空を見上げ, その星の並びから神々の姿や動物などさまざまなものを想像してきました. それらがやがて星座(constellation)としてまとめられ, 神話(myth)や伝説(legend)と結びついて, 多くの人に親しみやすいものとなりました. 現在では,天球の星座は88個に整理統合され, ほぼ世界共通に使われています. ここでは主な星座の天体や神話,グリズム分光器による星野写真をご紹介します. |
Signs of Zodiac
By ancient astronomy, since one year is 12 months,
it was thought that 12 rooms was on the ecliptic.
The constellation used as the basis of these 12 rooms is Zodiac.
Zodiac is located in a line with the head in Aries with Taurus,
Gemini, Canser, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittaurius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces.
Although there was equinox at Aries in decided that time,
it is moving to Pisces by precession of the Earth now.
古代の天文学では,1年が12ヶ月であることから, 黄道上に12の離宮(黄道12宮)があると考えられていました. この黄道12宮(zodiac)のもととなった星座が黄道12星座です. 黄道12星座は,決められた当時に春分点(equinox)があったおひつじ座を先頭に, おひつじ座,おうし座,ふたご座,かに座,しし座,おとめ座, てんびん座,さそり座,いて座,やぎ座,みずがめ座,うお座と並んでいます. もっとも,春分点自体は,地球の歳差によって, 現在はうお座に移動しています. 黄道12星座のマークとして,下の記号が使われています. |
![]() Aries |
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![]() Taurus |
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![]() Gemini |
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![]() Canser |
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![]() Leo |
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![]() Virgo |
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![]() Libra |
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![]() Scorpius |
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![]() Sagittaurius |
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![]() Capricornus |
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![]() Aquarius |
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![]() Pisces |
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![]() ![]() (OSやブラウザの種類,バージョンによっては,正常に動作しない場合があります) Program by H.Iemoto (Osaka Kyoiku Univ.) |
Star Field Photograph by the Grism Spectrometer
![]() Taurus |
![]() Orion |
![]() Winter Triangle |
![]() Leo |
![]() The Big Dipper |
![]() Scorpius |
![]() Summer Triangle |
![]() What is the Grism Spectrometer? |
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