"The Constellation Delphinus - The Dolphin"

Kodak Pro 400 PPF - 6 x 7 cm Pentax medium format camera w/165 mm lens - photo � Bill and Sally Fletcher

- The stars of the night sky have been divided and mapped since ancient times. With this mapping the imaginative shapes and legends of the constellations were created.

This photo of the constellation Delphinus shows the main "naked eye" stars that make up the shape of "the dolphin" enlarged in their true color. In Greek mythology it is said that the mermaid Amphitrite agreed to marry Poseidon on the advice of a dolphin. He was so pleased that he placed the dolphin among the stars.

This is a small constellation but beautiful in its very distinctive shape. -

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