Sagittarius and beidou each which refers to the stars

Sagittarius and beidou is since the ancient times is known, the Sagittarius include in Sagittarius, constitute a team in the chest.Bucket handle two stars and white lodge a four-star constitute the bows of the men.Sagittarius even handle a total of six stars, the so-called "big dipper Sagittarius six".It and the big dipper shape like a tailor with old iron, and like a water scoop, so people call them the big small fights, or tablespoons of small spoon.

Which is also called "the big dipper", refers to the northern sky arranged in bucket shape (or scoop shape) of the seven star.Is the name of seven stars: day pivot, merak, phegda, day power, jade value, mizar, wave light.Arranged as bucket scoops, therefore calls "beidou".According to the big dipper can find Polaris, say again so "Pointers".

The ancients attaches great importance to the big dipper, using it to bian direction, or season.Is the north, in the direction of the pole star all night doesn't change position throughout the year, find out the true north, the rest of the direction of east, west and south is found.So merak pivot and day two stars have the name of the "Pointers".As for the season, "He comb" book points out that the bucket handle refers to the east, the world is the spring;The bucket handle guide, world all summer;The bucket handle refers to the west, the world is the autumn;Bucket handle refers to the north, the winter.