ECKHARD SLAWIK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
THIS week we will likely be searching for two necessary constellations which can be distinguished in the skies round the world throughout February. They have been each named after figures in Greek mythology: Perseus the hero and Auriga the charioteer. They will likely be seen for many of the night in the northern hemisphere, however just for an hour or two after sundown in the southern hemisphere, the place it is best to look in a northerly path.
Perseus (pictured above) is one among the largest constellations in the evening sky. Its namesake was stated to have saved Andromeda from being sacrificed to the sea monster Cetus,…