constellation/ treasure hunt pattern
INTRODUCTION TO CONSTELLATIONS
"Constellation" is the name we give to seeming patterns of stars in the night sky. "Stella" is the Latin word for star and a constellation is a grouping of stars. In general, the stars in these groups are not actually close to each other in space, they just appear to be close when viewed from Earth.
If we could travel by spaceship to another part of the galaxy, we would imagine an entirely different set of constellations. In the meantime, for us on Earth, the constellations are a handy way to locate a star in the sky.
On Earth, we see different constellations as we travel to different parts of the globe. The fact that some constellations were visible in the northern hemisphere and not the southern hemisphere, and vice-versa, was used more than 2000 years ago by Greek astronomers to argue that the Earth is round.
Long before the invention of the telescope, early civilizations invented star patterns and named them after animals, objects, heroes, gods, and beasts from stories and myths.
Providing a way to segment the sky, the constellations are used to describe and find the location of objects.
One of the first tasks for an observer is to learn the constellations, at what time of year they are visible and in which constellations interesting objects are found. To begin recognising constellations it is useful to take well-known reference points.
The Plough is probably the best-known reference point in the northern hemisphere where it is visible all year round. Within The Plough, Mizar is a double star, with a companion called Alcor, sometimes visible to the naked eye. There are numerous galaxies lying within the constellation of Ursa Major, plus other deep sky objects, to be explored by telescope.
In 1929 the International Astronomical Union defined 88 constellations that are today recognized as the "official" constellations. Many of these constellations are derived from the complex creations of Greek mythology, like Andromeda, Perseus, and Orion. Others came from ancient cultures such as the Egyptians and Chaldeans and still others were not defined until the 17th and 18th century.
Other patterns of stars are well known but are not constellations, an example of which is The Plough - a pattern formed from the seven brightest stars within the constellation of Ursa Major. Such patterns of stars are called asterisms and may contain stars from one or more constellations.
In the past, people used the constellations as markers. Some used the constellations to navigate their boats across the sea, to mark seasons of the year, or to locate special stars. Today, astronomers still use constellations as a handy marker to indicate a general area of the sky where far away celestial objects appear. Many of these extremely distant objects can be seen only with powerful telescopes.
IN CONTEXT TO TREASURE HUNTING
Supposedly the locations of the treasures, if plotted on a map, would reproduce the image of a constellation, for example if we believe Orion is a likely candidate.
This is a "short cut" built into the network that would allow someone to bypass the clues and pinpoint the location of every treasure simply by matching certain landmarks with certain stars in a constellation, overlaying an image of the constellation on a map, and plotting where the unmatched stars lie.
The key to this is of course identifying the landmarks and the corresponding stars, not to mention using the right constellation.
Accordingly, sometimes, there is also a second constellation that must be observed from a specific location as it passes through the sky, and at certain times it will be above certain landmarks, which match with the stars on the first constellation that gives the layout of the treasure network.
Sounds a lot more complicated than just following the clues,..
PROVEN APPLICATION:
This has been proVed to work out—In discovering the right and exact location of the entrance that leads to the recent discoveries and uncovering of some secrets of what is underneath the GIZA PLATEAU as well as its famous pyramids—they call that GIZA GEOMATRIX!!!
