{"id":234,"date":"2021-05-03T23:07:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T05:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2023-05-29T16:35:44","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T22:35:44","slug":"alternate-constellations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/alternate-constellations\/","title":{"rendered":"Alternate Constellations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astroleague.org\/content\/alternate-constellation-observing-program\"><strong>Alternate Constellations Observing Program @ Astronomical League Website<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button alignleft\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/mission-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mission Statement<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/parks-and-barks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HOME<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alternate Constellations\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2T0nlPd52FM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"announcement-16-feb-2022\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astroleague.org\/content\/observing-program-division-announcement-silver-level-alternate-constellations\">Announcement 16 Feb 2022<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Alternate Constellations Observing Program has been split into Silver and Gold Levels.&nbsp; Links have also been added to help you find more information on the various cultural and obsolete constellations.&nbsp; Those members who have already earned the certification have received the Gold Level.&nbsp; Only the 40 observations of Obsolete Constellations are required for the Silver Level. For full details check out their updated web page:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.astroleague.org\/content\/alternate-constellation-observing-program\">https:\/\/www.astroleague.org\/content\/alternate-constellation-observing-program<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"resources\"><strong>Resources:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"all-media-below-was-either-free-available-on-the-web-or-at-my-local-library-or-below-10-00\">All media below was either free (available on the Web, or at my local library) or below $10.00:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>They Dance in the Sky -Native American Star Myths, Jean G. Monroe and Ray Williamson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Living in the Sky; The Cosmos of the American Indian, Ray A. Williamson<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Walk Through the Southern Sky, Milton D. Heifetz and Wil Tirion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Star Names; Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinckley Allen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stars of the First People; Native American Star Myths and Constellations, Dorcas S. Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The New Patterns in the Sky: Myths and Legends of the Stars, Julius D.W. Staal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calendars and Constellations of the Ancient World, Emmeline Plunket<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cherokee Astrology &#8211; Animal Medicine in the Stars, Raven Hail<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stories in the Stars, Susanna Hislop<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Celestial Charts: Antique Maps of the Heavens, Carole Stott<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Modern Scholar: Heavens Above: Stars, Constellations, and the Sky, James B. Kaler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture, Gene Weltfish<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Ancient Skies &#8211; Episode One: Gods and Monsters&#8221; is a DVD that includes a look at how the ancestors saw the skies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stars.lindahall.org\/welcome2.htm\">Out of This World: The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikipedia.org\/\">Wikipedia<\/a> has several items on both obsolete constellations and those of other cultures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/figuresinthesky.visualcinnamon.com\/\">Figures in the Sky<\/a> has a great interactive visualization tool for selected stars and figures as seen by other cultures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stairways to the Stars<\/span>: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures, Anthony Aveni<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Googling any of the Other Cultures will provide information and documentation sufficient for this program &#8211; include the URL of the sites you use (<em>e.g. https:\/\/www.rmg.co.uk\/stories\/topics\/south-african-star-myths<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mission-of-this-observing-program\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcement 16 Feb 2022 The Alternate Constellations Observing Program has been split into Silver and Gold Levels.&nbsp; Links have also been added to help you find more information on the various cultural and obsolete constellations.&nbsp; Those members who have already earned the certification have received the Gold Level.&nbsp; Only the 40 observations of Obsolete Constellations&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/alternate-constellations\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Alternate Constellations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3016,"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234\/revisions\/3016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafsnt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}