Constellation story 6

In ancient Greek mythology, Zeus liked to entertain guests at home. According to the custom of ancient Greece, whenever there is a banquet at home, the waiter in Aquarius will pour water for the guests to wash their hands. Not everyone can be an Aquarius waiter, but a girl of noble birth, never married, is usually her unmarried daughter. The Aquarius waiter at Zeus' family banquet is the daughter of Herb, Zeus and Hera. Later, Hercules, the great hero of the world, came to Olympus. Zeus admired him very much and betrothed his daughter Herb to Hercules. After the daughter got married, the position of Aquarius waiter was vacant, and the banquet went on as usual, and chickens crowed, but without Aquarius waiter Herb, Zeus always felt that something was missing from the banquet. So Zeus wanted to find another Aquarius waiter.

One day, Zeus suddenly saw a group of teenagers playing on the ground. One of them is a prince named Ganymetis. Zeus turned into an eagle and swooped down. All the other children were frightened and fled everywhere. Only Ganymedes looked at the eagle blankly, so the eagle caught him and took him back to Olympus. When Zeus came back, he liked Ganymede very much and made him a waiter in Aquarius. Zeus was very satisfied with the new Aquarius waiter, so he lifted his eagle image into the sky and became an eagle. It also raised Ganymede's Aquarius image to the sky and became Aquarius.

Lyra

Orpheus, the son of Apollo, is a world-famous pianist, who was carefully cultivated by the muse. Orpheus's wife is a beautiful fairy Eurydice, and they are very loving. But something unexpected happened. Eurydice was bitten by a poisonous snake and died of poisoning. Orpheus was heartbroken and went to the underworld to find his wife. When he reached the underworld, a Styx river blocked his way. He picked up her harp and began to play. The ferryman on the Styx River was moved by his piano and crossed the orpheus. After crossing the Styx, he was blocked by the evil dog and the vengeance, so orpheus played her harp again. The beautiful and euphemistic sound of the harp also moved the evil dog and the vengeance to make way for him. Finally, orpheus met Hades. He asked Hades to return his wife, but Hades refused, saying that people can't be resurrected after death. So orpheus touched all the ghosts and gods in the underworld with his piano music. So Hades promised orpheus, but no matter what happens before leaving the underworld, you can't look back at your wife, or your wife will disappear forever.

Orpheus agreed and took his wife with him on his way back. The underworld is dark. In order to ensure his wife's safety, orpheus will call his wife after two steps, and she will move on after agreeing. But just as she was about to leave the underworld, orpheus called for his wife, but she didn't get a response, so she couldn't help turning back. Just because I turned around, I could only watch my wife disappear slowly. Orpheus was very sad when his wife disappeared. He wanted to find her again, but this time no matter how he played the piano, no ferryman crossed the river.

Orpheus, who lost his wife, returned to the world, listless and unhappy all day. He also ignored the fairies who pursued him, so the jealous fairies were very angry and stoned orpheus to death. After orpheus's death, Zeus lifted the harp to the sky, making orpheus's harp reverberate in the sky forever and become Lyra. This story was written by French musician Bach as the opera orpheus in Hell.

in China

In ancient China, Lyra and Eagle were famous love fairy tales of cowherd and weaver girl. Alpha Aquila represents Altair and Alpha Lyra represents Vega, which are located on the left and right sides of the Milky Way. The distance between the two stars is 16 light years, so it is impossible for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to meet once a year on Tanabata.

Altair, also known as Altair, is located in the 12th bright star in the whole day-Aquila. On both sides of Altair, there are slightly dim stars, namely Hegu No.1 and Hegu No.3, representing a pair of children carried by Altair. These three stars form a shoulder pole, known as the river drum Samsung, also known as the shoulder pole star.

Vega is located in Lyra, 25 light years away from the earth, and is the fifth brightest star in the whole day. Next to Vega, four slightly darker stars form a parallelogram. They are like the shuttle woven by the weaver girl, and this part is also called the shuttle star. Because of precession, Vega used to be the North Star, and it will become the new North Star again after ten thousand years.

Cowherd and Weaver Girl can only meet each other once a year across the Milky Way, but they don't know that there is a natural bridge across the Milky Way not far from them, that is Cygnus.

In Auriga mythology, Alton, the son of Apollo, was split into the Bojiang River by Zeus with a golden cart and the sun. After learning this, his young friend Segenas was very sad. He kept calling alton along the Bojiang River, hoping that his good friend alton would come back. This sad cry reached the sky, and the gods were deeply moved by this beautiful friendship after hearing it, so Zeus turned Segenas into a swan and rose to the sky, forming this kind of soaring.

In China, the nine planets Cygnus are called "Tianjin". The nine planets in Jin Tian Wen Zhi refer to the nine stars in Cygnus. Summer is the best season to observe Cygnus, and the main bright stars of Cygnus cross the Milky Way.

The most conspicuous thing in Cygnus is "Tianjin IV". Tianjin IV, the brightest star in Cygnus, is the19th bright star in the whole day, emitting blue and white light. Tianjin IV. Altair and Vega form a triangle, which is the summer triangle. There is a black area next to Tianjin IV, which is the coal pocket dark nebula. Humans also found the X- 1 radiation source in Cygnus. There is a binary star in this area, in which the main star is a blue-emitting Supergiant star, and the companion star is a deadly star with a mass eight times that of the sun, which has been pulling the main star. This companion star is presumed by scientists to be a black hole, which is the first black hole discovered by human beings.