✧ Kite

  The Kite is an asterism in Bootes.

                      ·⠤⣄⣀
                     ⡼⠁  ⠈⠉⠓·⡀
                    ⡼⠁       ⢧
                   ⡼⠁        ⠈⣇
                  ·⡁          ⠘⡆
                   ⠉⠳⣄         ⠹⡄
                     ⠈⠓⢦⡀       ⢳⡀
                        ⠙•⡀      ⢧
                          ⠹⣄     ⠈⣇
                           ⠘⢦     ⠘⡆
                            ⠈⢳⡀    ⠹⡄
                              ⠹⣄    ⢳⡀
                               ⠘●⠤⠤⠤⠤•

  Type            Asterism
  Constellation   Bootes
  Stars           6

  More information about Kite

  The Kite is a long narrow diamond standing on its point, and Arcturus,
  the fourth brightest star in the night sky, is the knot at its bottom
  corner. The easiest way to find it is to take the curve of the Big
  Dipper handle and carry it on past the end: it lands on Arcturus. The
  stars belong to Bootes, Greek Βοώτης, "the ox-driver", drawn as a
  herdsman walking behind the oxen, which are the stars of the Dipper read
  as a plough rather than a bear. Once somebody has pointed out the kite,
  it becomes rather hard to see the herdsman again.

  Etymology
  From        English
  Reading     the Kite
  Literally   a kite

  The evolution of Kite over time

  -50,000 years
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                          ⢀
                                 Arcturus ●⢗⢄ ⡀ Nekkar
                                           ⠈⢆⢹·⠢⡄
                                            ⠈⡎ ⠑⢌⠓· Seginus
                                             ·⣆  ⠑⢌⢢⡀
                                              ⢻⡄   ⠑⢕⢄
                                               ⠹⡄    ⠑⢵⡄
                                                • Izar ⠙⢦
                                                         ⠑• Muphrid
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  now
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                      Nekkar ·⠤⢄⣀
                                            ⡼⠁  ⠈⠉· Seginus
                                           ⡼⠁      ⢇
                                           ·⢄      ⠈⢦
                                            ⠈⠱⣄     ⠈⢧
                                               ⠓•    ⠈⢆
                                           Izar ⠈⠣⡄   ⠈⢆
                                                  ⠈⠦⡀  ⠈⡆
                                                    ⠘⠦⠤⢤⣘⡄
                                            Arcturus ●   • Muphrid
  
  
  
  
  
  
  +50,000 years
                                             Nekkar
                                          ⣰·⠒⠒⠒⠒· Seginus
                                        ⢀⡔⠁     ⠈⡆
                                       ⢠⠏        ⢹
                                      ·⢅          ⢇
                                        ⠉⠒⢤⣀      ⠸⡄
                                           ⠈⠑•     ⢳
                                        Izar  ⢣⡀   ⠈⡆
                                               ⠳⡀   ⢸⡀
                                                ⠑⣄   ⢇
                                                 ⠘⢆  ⠘⡄
                                                  ⠈⢢  ⢳ Muphrid
                                                    ⢳⡀•⢇
                                                     ⠑⡄⠈⣆
                                                      ⠈⢆⠘⡆
                                                       ⠈⢧⠘⡄
                                                         ⠱⡱⡄
                                                          ⠹⡽⡀
                                                           ⠘⢵
                                                            ⠈⢧
                                                              ● Arcturus

  Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 30%, and the furthest
  any of its stars travels is 29.5 degrees. Seginus, Izar and HR 5681 drift the opposite way to
  the other 3, which travel together. Izar has no measured distance, so its path is extrapolated
  flat. Proper motion only: this is the shape changing, not the sky turning or the pole moving.

  curl 'skymap.sh/Kite/evolution.gif'

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Kite