We call an official area of the sky a "constellation" (constelAYshun) Officially, there are areas of the sky So, officially there are constellations Since Texas lies in the Northern Hemisphere we can't see all A long time ago, people named the areas after the pictures the stars formed or the pictures they kind of formedConstellation Map Constellation maps divide the celestial sphere into parts, known as constellations, helping astronomers locate stars and deep sky objects The star constellations that can be seen in the night sky depend on the observer's location and season, and they change throughout the year Out of the constellations recognized byConstellations A Science A Z Picture Book When Each Constellation Is Visible in the Northern Hemisphere Winter Orion, Gemini, Taurus, Ursa Minor Scorpius is visible in the night sky during summer in the Northern Hemisphere 8 Sagittarius is visible in the night sky during summer in the Northern Hemisphere Earth, Sun, 3 Summe