Kritika-Pleiads




Twinkle twinkle Little star....all of us have sang this nursery rhyme.

But how many of us are really wondered about them?

 I am going to tell some interesting stories  about them. I hope you will like them.

So let's start...


In above pics you can see Kritika Nakshatra. How to locate it? 

You can see a large rectangle of Orion or Mrug Nakshatra in the sky.
From the pic shown you can easily trace it. 

On 16 th November there was Diwali Padava.The first day of the month.The Nakshatra of this month is Kritika.

The name of Marathi month Kartik is due this.

The Kritika Nakshatra rises in the evening & sets at dawn in this month.

There were seven stars at the time of vedas in Kritika Nakshatra.

7 stars names-Amba,Dula,Nitali, Abhrayanti,

Meghadanti, Vardhayanti & Chupunika.

Chupunika vanished,so 6 remain.

Amba (Alcyone) is the brightest star. It is a double star.

Every star has  it's own nebula,so they appear like pearls are kept in cotton.

Also every star has different  speed,so in the course of time the seventh star disappeared.

Pleiads are daughters of Atlas & Pleione in Greek mythology.

God sent Atlas to support the world.

You can see the picture of Atlas on Geography book supporting globe of earth on his shoulder.

The girls cried because Atlas was sent to sky so God gave them place also in the sky. 

Another story is the sisters feared of the hunter Orion & fled away & become pigeons.

How was the story?

Please give comment in the box.

Next time I will come up with another story.

Bye till then.

Comments

  1. vivek25 November 2020 at 21:50

    It's a very nice way to make people learn astronomy through these stories. Simply stating facts would be very boring! Waiting for more such stories.

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  2. Rashmi25 November 2020 at 23:33

    Nice n informative narration.
    Congratulations on your first blog. And all the best for further writings.

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  3. Shamali Chavan26 November 2020 at 02:56

    Wow,While reading the block your smiling face came in front of me.As if you are telling me the story sitting by my side.😊

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  4. Brijesh Meganath1 December 2020 at 19:46

    Superb Seema. Love reading your blog. 😊😊👍👍👌👌

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  5. Sapna Ready18 June 2021 at 04:12

    Superb one again. Rhyme and story 😊

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