Every culture known to history and anthropology has seen in the heavens distinctive patterns, called , and formed by the stars. are usually comprised of bright stars that appear close to each other. Oriental cultures (the ancient Chinese, for example) formed intricate patterns from some of the faintest stars, creating hundreds of where the West saw only a few. A few , such as Orion, the hunter, and the Great bear represent the same image to widely separated cultures. So just what are these you keep hearing about? You may go outside some ni ....