![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Additionally we have collected 1,602 names for the Sun, Moon, and planets. The World Asterisms Project has so far examined over 570 of the world’s cultures and recorded over 13,282 asterisms including 448 Milky Way names and 2,652 telescopic asterisms. It is also growing as ethnoastronomers and researchers investigate old records and interview elders and recover previously lost sky cultures. This World Asterisms Project is a living project started in June 2021 by the Inclusivity and Diversity Committee of the RASC as a celebration of the sky cultures of the world: It continues to grow as the process of naming the stars above is an ongoing process. This is a practice that continues to this day. Even within your own culture there will be differences. This means that even though they are looking up at exactly the same stars that you are, they see different patterns than you. The people of the world come from a variety of social, educational, and cultural backgrounds. An asterism is a star or stars that have been identified and named. ![]()
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