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The constellation Scorpius has a rich history, dating all the way back to the ancient Chinese, who saw the pattern of stars as a dragon. Another culture in the South Pacific saw a fishhook. In western culture, Scorpius is the nemesis of Orion the Hunter.
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www.angelfire.com/ky/astronomers/Scorpius.html
www.angelfire.com/ky/astronomers/Scorpius.html
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Check out the Scorpius page which is part of the Texas Astronomical Society's Constellation of the Month Series. ... Scorpius is the beast which finally killed the Great Hunter, Orion.
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www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations...
www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Scorpius.html
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Scorpius stung Orion on the heel (at the star Rigel). Orion and the scorpion were given honored places in the sky, but they were placed at opposite ends of the great sky dome so that they would never engage in battle again. ... Mythology and History...
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www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/scorpius.h...
www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/scorpius.html
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Scorpius, the Scorpion ... Scorpius is an old ecliptic constellation and is the eighth constellation of the ancient zodiac. Before being separated into two individual constellations, Libra (the Scales) was once included as the claws of the scorpion. ... History and Mythology Constellation list...
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faculty.pepperdine.edu/dgreen/Astronomy/Resources/Const...
faculty.pepperdine.edu/dgreen/Astronomy/Resources/Constellation_Guide/constellation_history/Scorpius.htm
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History of the Discovery of the Deep Sky objects ... this work was perhaps triggered by the observation of a "New Star" (Nova) in the constellation Scorpius in 134 BC. He included two "nebulous objects" in his catalog, the Praesepe star cluster (M44) and the Double Star Cluster in Perseus, now called h+chi Persei (NGC 869...
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www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/deepskyd.html
www.seds.org/messier/xtra/history/deepskyd.html
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We use a large sample of about 100 low-mass pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars in the Upper Scorpius OB association to explore the star formation history and the initial mass function of this association. Upper Scorpius is an ideal target for such a study, because the star formation process there is finished.
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adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1999AJ....117.2381P
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Origin and History ... Gaia sent Scorpius to kill Orion; now they circle on opposite sides of the sky. Reddish heart Antares, can rival Mars. Lost its claws to Libra in Roman times, when the vernal equinox was located in Libra. Fish-hook to Polynesians.
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hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=3&exbid=20&...
hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=3&exbid=20&exbpg=99
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www.militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com/
www.militaryhistorypodcast.blogspot.com/
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www.historynet.com/magazines/mhq
www.historynet.com/magazines/mhq
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