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No, a setting teapot has nothing to do with high tea, and it isn’t some kind of secret code or fever-induced hallucination. In astronomy terms, the “teapot” refers to the brightest group of stars in the constellation Sagittarius that appears in the shape of – surprise – a teapot.
While the ancient Greeks are responsible for identifying and naming most of the constellations we see today – including Sagittarius – modern astronomers occasionally rename constellations, or parts of them, in honor of common objects that would be more readily recognizable to today’s stargazers.
You can track the movements of the teapot, find times of sunrise and sunset, and more in the calendar pages of the Farmers’ Almanac (the pages across from the monthly weather predictions). These pages are filled with useful, and just plain interesting, astronomical data and facts for every day of the year.
Want to know what stars to look for during an upcoming camping trip, when to expect the sign to rise, what phase the moon is in, or when the next lunar eclipse or meteor show will be? Curious about how the full Pink Moon or Sturgeon Moon got their names? Just check your Almanac! Every edition is packed with 16 full months of sky-watching information.
(By the way – Teapot sets on September 14th at 12:48 am EDT.)
Get a copy of the 2009 Farmers’ Almanac here.
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A "Setting Teapot"
No, a setting teapot has nothing to do with high tea, and it isn’t some kind of secret code or fever-induced hallucination. In astronomy terms, the “teapot” refers to the brightest group of stars in the constellation Sagittarius that appears in the shape of – surprise – a teapot. While the ancient Greeks are responsible for identifying and naming most of the constellations we see today – including Sagittarius – modern astronomers occasionally rename constellations, or parts of them, in honor of common objects that would be more readily recognizable to today’s stargazers.
You can track the movements of the teapot, find times of sunrise and sunset, and more in the calendar pages of the Farmers’ Almanac (the pages across from the monthly weather predictions). These pages are filled with useful, and just plain interesting, astronomical data and facts for every day of the year.
Want to know what stars to look for during an upcoming camping trip, when to expect the sign to rise, what phase the moon is in, or when the next lunar eclipse or meteor show will be? Curious about how the full Pink Moon or Sturgeon Moon got their names? Just check your Almanac! Every edition is packed with 16 full months of sky-watching information.
(By the way – Teapot sets on September 14th at 12:48 am EDT.)
Get a copy of the 2009 Farmers’ Almanac here.
