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, nonofficially 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: http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/sco/

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▶ Coathanger Asterism (long exposure) By Giuseppe Donatiello CR399 DSS Brocchi’s Cluster, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶ Book of Fixed Stars: By Abd alRahman alSufi Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶ Coathanger Asterism: By Petr Novák (http://astrofotky.cz/~karneades) http://www.astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?..., CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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