Aries is one of constellations of the zodiac, placed between Pisces to the west and Taurus to the east. Its name is Latin for ram, and its symbol is representing a ram's horns.
Aries has none of the brightest stars, so a little patience and determination is required to learn to locate it. Look to the east in the evening and find the dim clustered stars of the Pleiades and, under them, the companion cluster in a "V" shape, the Hyades. The bright reddish star at the end of the "V" is Aldebaron, brightest star in Taurus, the Bull. Let Aldebaron be the start of an arc and extend it on through the Pleiades (it is about one clenched fist at arm's length between Aldebaron and the Pleiades). Keep on going about 25 degrees (two clenched fists at arms length) where the two brightest stars of Aries, secure together (two finger-widths at arms length apart), will form the West End of the arc. Notice the dimmer star situated just beyond the second star of the pair in Aries; let this dim star form the very tip of the arc we have described. Now, back along the arc, about midway between the Pleiades and the brightest star of Aries, there is still another very dim star belonging to Aries. The four stars you have found, two of them significantly brighter than the others, are all there is to see of Aries without optical aid.
Aries has none of the brightest stars, so a little patience and determination is required to learn to locate it. Look to the east in the evening and find the dim clustered stars of the Pleiades and, under them, the companion cluster in a "V" shape, the Hyades. The bright reddish star at the end of the "V" is Aldebaron, brightest star in Taurus, the Bull. Let Aldebaron be the start of an arc and extend it on through the Pleiades (it is about one clenched fist at arm's length between Aldebaron and the Pleiades). Keep on going about 25 degrees (two clenched fists at arms length) where the two brightest stars of Aries, secure together (two finger-widths at arms length apart), will form the West End of the arc. Notice the dimmer star situated just beyond the second star of the pair in Aries; let this dim star form the very tip of the arc we have described. Now, back along the arc, about midway between the Pleiades and the brightest star of Aries, there is still another very dim star belonging to Aries. The four stars you have found, two of them significantly brighter than the others, are all there is to see of Aries without optical aid.
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