This is bird note.

Looking up into the grand panorama of the summer sky,

you'll find Signus the Swan. The story of this beautiful and prominent

constellation comes to us from Greek mythology. Young Phaeaton, unable to control the

chariot of the sun, careens wildly through the heavens,

scorching the earth. The God Zeus, seeing the world in peril, strikes the

impetuous charioteer with a bolt of lightning,

causing him to fall headlong, like a shooting star,

into the river Erredinous.

His close friend, Signis comes to the river to grieve.

Signis implores Zeus for help in retrieving the body of his dead friend.

Zeus transforms him into a swan so he can dive deeply.

Then, to honor this final act of service,

Zeus fixes the image of Signus the Swan in the heavens.

Here's amateur astronomer Dan Pullen to help you find Signis.

When it gets dark, the easiest thing to find is Ursa Major or the big dipper,

as everybody calls it.

Go from the handle to a very bright star, follow the arc of the handle to a very bright star called

Arcturus. From there, go east to the next bright star, which is Vega.

Just east of that is Daneb.

Deneb is the tail of the Swan.

There are four stars making up the body, heading south,

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