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GENERAL SCIENCE A REPORT CONCERNING STARS & CONSTELLATIONS Report: Michiel Klaassen Joëlle van der Pol Literature essay: Veralyn Adeyinka Wikke den Hartogh 4VM February 2004 Table of contents A few interesting constellations Orion (The hunter) " Orion is the master of the winter skies. He lords over the heavens from late fall to early spring, with his hunting dog Sirius trailing at his feet. " The mythic tales of Orion go as far back as the Hittites, who flourished from the Second Millennium BC to around 1200 BC. One story from this culture account of Orion's death. Here he is called Aqhat, and was a handsome and famous hunter. The Battle-Goddess Anat fell in love with Aqhat, but when he refused to lend her his bow, she sent another man to steal it. This man failed to do it, and wound up killing Aqhat and dropping the bow into the sea. This is said to explain the astronomical fact that Orion and the...

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