1.5: Other Patterns
Another example of an Asterism is the Pleiades, within the Constellation Taurus. It is often called the Seven Sisters. In Japan the Pleiades is called Subaru. The Navajo referred to it as Dilyehe, and Hawaiians call the star grouping Makahiki or many little eyes .
Consider this…
“Ralph Waldo Emerson once asked what we would do if the stars only came out once every thousand years. No one would sleep that night, of course. We would be ecstatic, delirious, made rapturous by the glory of God. Instead the stars come out every night and we watch television. ”
Pawl Hawken (1946 – ) Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, and Author