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Author: * Sokni Hvitaskald -
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Date: Jul 29, 2007 - 20:51
By Joe Rao
SPACE.com Skywatching Columnist
posted: 27 July 2007
06:03 am ET
As the sky grows dark on very clear evenings this week, an ancient star pattern can be found almost directly overhead: Hercules, the mighty strong man and hero of many legends.
The stars that compose this pattern are, for the most part, rather dim, and it seems rather incongruent that for such a powerful figure, the representative constellation is rather weak. Indeed, there is really no striking pattern to be found here. It is supposed to represent a kneeling man and was known as the "Kneeling One" in pre-Greek cultures.
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