How to Find the Fish Hook Asterism in the Scorpius Constellation

The Fish Hook asterism, also known as the Fishhook or Maui's Hook, is a recognizable and culturally significant star pattern in the southern hemisphere's night sky. It is not a traditional constellation in Western astronomy but is more of an asterism, a smaller, non-officially recognized star grouping within a larger constellation. The Fish Hook is associated with the constellation Scorpius.
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Asterisms vs. Constellations
1:54 - Maui's Hook from Polynesian Mythology
3:09 - Legend of Maui
4:32 - Practice finding the Fish Hook
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▶ Hawaiian Astronomical Society: www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/sco/
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▶ Coathanger Asterism (long exposure) By Giuseppe Donatiello - CR399 DSS - Brocchi’s Cluster, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶ Book of Fixed Stars: By Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶ Coathanger Asterism: By Petr Novák (astrofotky.cz/~karneades) - www.astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?..., CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
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[@learnthesky]

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[@samithpriyantha6125]

Your video is exceptional ,fabulous. I have learned from one of your previous videos the fact that both stars named lesath and shaula contributed to form a structure called cats eye. Thank you so much .keep on uploading more videos like this. I will definitely adore them.

[@xristoforossougas7280]

The other day , i noticed with very good binoculars that the crescent was between the constelletion of Libra and Scorpion .It was fantastic .

[@johngiromini5745]

Enjoyed the Fish Hook; haven't seen a video from you in a while. As a youngster in the near country side of the Panhandle, my brother and I would look at the Milky Way core during the later part of summer. It was so pretty in the sky, with Scorpius and Sagittarius brilliantly displayed.

[@ENKI7477]

Continue your channel

[@bantubonkeaphiwe7969]

I see this constellation every night this side. I'm Bantubonke Aphiwe Bonongo from South Africa

[@johncarlopascual4228]

I recently saw the scorpius constellation at dawn, yes it is a big constellation...nice video...😊

[@JunipersQuest]

I see this constellation every once in a while. Sometimes the weather can be unfair do to clouds , but when I first saw this was back in 2014 I was amazed at how big Scorpious really is, I saw it in its entirety when I used to work at a golf course far away from the city. I loved staying in the parking lot watching all the star patterns and some meteors pass by. Scorpious is my favorite summer constellation. Libra and Sagittarius are a bit harder to see cause there stars are fairly faint.

[@muzikhed]

Thanks. Nice story. Will see if I can find it tonight though city lights to the south bleach the sky.

[@zygmuntziokowski7877]

Great Information! I probably saw it, but didn't know what it was. I am new to astronomy and just purchase my first real good telescope. I belong to a stargazing club in Eastern North Carolina and looking forward to spotting it at our dark sky site. Thanks!

[@Klife_14]

Yes it is clearly visible from my home 🏠

[@wadoodmohd1870]

as your grate tuitions i will aske you to make new tuition dissect what actually the stars we see if its nebula or cluster or galaxy when we scop it by telescope thanks

[@Astronurd]

Thanks Janine. Unfortunately your last few target asterisms are virtually impossible for me to see as they are so low in my skies and hidden by trees. I want to thank you for all your videos.

[@kevanhubbard9673]

I can't get the tail from my latitude and the last time I saw the tail of the Scorpion 🦂 was from Florence, Italy about 4 years back.Antares is easy for me but south thereof it gets difficult due to the thickening atmosphere.

[@death._eater]

I would like to ask what is the true picture of Scorpius, there's like a picture in goggle that has five stars in the right side, but in your video, it has three stars

[@wcovey9405]

The tin cup, would you like sugar and cream with your coffee or are you on the clock? Like the story.

[@shanelewis617]

Cygnus is flying towards Scorpio!
Points to Antares!