Through the years, people can't help but notice the sky above especially at night. There then came a time when people could picture different shapes and forms with the stars above, thus the term "Constellation" was formed.
What does "Constellation" mean?
According to Dana Meachen Rau, Constellation was what the sky watchers called the patterns of the stars which is Latin for "stars together".
Constellation is a group of stars that forms a pattern, usually named after its apparent form.
Retrieved from:
Rau, D. (2005) Our Solar System: Constellations, http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=9swh7gvGNpcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=constellations&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JvRsUdfPL62higfN1IDAAQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA
http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html
Rau, D. (2005) Our Solar System: Constellations, http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=9swh7gvGNpcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=constellations&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JvRsUdfPL62higfN1IDAAQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA
http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Constellations/constnavi.html