Two unique "star reserves" were opened this year in Germany: Sternenpark in the vicinity of the town of Gülpe in the territory of the Westhafelland National Park and the Rön Biosphere Reserve, located on the border of Hesse, Bavaria and Thuringia. It offers stunning views of the starry sky, clean from smog and not "polluted" by artificial lighting from the Earth. There are 28 such zones in the world. The breathtaking beauty of the night sky over Germany received international recognition this year from the International Dark-Sky Association...
Constellations are a locality of the empyrean outlined by boundaries. the full sky is split into eighty-eight-star regions (the call was created at the primary General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in 1922 in Rome). several constellations retain their names from times of yore. Some names of constellations are connected with Hellenic language mythology, some - with subjects. There are constellations known as animal names. historically, the brightest stars of astronomers are known as the letters of the alphabet with the addition of the name of the constellation...