Up in the sky
A constellation is a group of visible stars that form a pattern when viewed from Earth. The pattern they form may take the shape of an animal, a mythological creature, a man, a woman, or an inanimate object such as a microscope, a compass, or a crown.
The sky was divided up into 88 different constellations in 1922. This included 48 ancient constellations listed by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy as well as 40 new constellations.
The 88 constellations divide the entire night sky as seen from all around the Earth. Not all of the constellations are visible from any one point on Earth however.
Some of the most famous constellations are the Orion, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, and of course the 12 Zodiacs.
The zodiac is a belt of space around Earth. It occupies the path that the sun appears to take around Earth in the course of a year (although it is actually Earth that is moving around the sun).
The zodiacs are Aries (the ram), Taurus (the bull), Gemini (the twins), Cancer (the crab), Leo (the lion), Virgo (the virgin), Libra (the scales), Scorpius also known as Scorpio (the scorpion), Capricornus also known as Capricorn (the ), Aquarius (the water-bearer), Pisces (the fish) and Sagittarius (the archer).
Play the memory game below to match the zodiac constellations with their representations.