Poets, common people, children and adults alike, we all wonder at the beauty of the night sky once in a while. There is magic to the night’s majestic picture, and they way people have perceived it throughout the ages of history. Most ancient civilizations focused on the study of the sky map and planned all their major life events accordingly: testimonies about the importance of constellations, stars and celestial bodies are constantly brought by the calenders, the astronomic sites, the cults of the sun and even the myths and legends. And all these start with the belief that Earth is connected by invisible links with the rest of the bodies in the universe. Modern man focuses less on the night sky.
The night sky is presently scrutinized with other scopes in mind: we are looking for scientific evidence to explain UFO events and life on other planets speculations, we now admire major cosmic events through huge telescopes that get an insight of the inner life of the galaxy or we sheerly want to admire the majesty of the universe. Depending on the time of the year when one watches the night sky, different constellations are visible as the Earth orbits around the sun. Many things have been discovered in time, and plenty are waiting hidden ever since the Greeks gave the first name to the constellations.
Given the present condition of our atmosphere, the night sky vision is often blurred because of pollution. One thing is for sure, a large metropolis with lots of industrial activity and plenty of cars running permanently make a lousy astronomy observation spot. Many people say that the mountains are the perfect place to watch the sky, where the altitude increases panorama viewing because of the rarer atmosphere. The purer the air, the higher the visibility of the night sky. For people who have astronomy as a hobby, the study of the constellations by means of various softwares and private telescopes is really fun.
One other dimension of the sky night study is the creation of the personal horoscope and the study of the zodiac signs. Every sign of the zodiac has an afferent constellation, and the study of the sun and earth moves as well as the position of the planets and the stars in the night sky influence the zodiac. This is in fact the astrological explanation for the resemblances that exist between people belonging to the same zodiac signs. All in all, we have never stopped keeping the eyes focused on the universe, as the interdependence is sometimes more than obvious.
