23: Coma Berenices

Brick pranced onto the stage, waving, winking, and smiling at the audience. Several she-cats in the crowd began to swoon uncontrollably and collapse on the ground with an audible thud. The ginger tom looked directly into the camera and spoke with confidence. "Hello viewers, and welcome back to Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars! Today we have Runningrabbit as our special guest!"

Runningrabbit sprints onto the stage, panting with excitement. "Hello! I'm here to talk to you about the constellation Coma Berenices! It's so great! It looks like this!" She pressed a button on a controller thingy that the author is too lazy to describe. An image appeared on the screen, looking like this.

Brick cringed slightly at the overload of energy and enthusiasm coming from the she-cat that paced back and forth on the stage.

"So! Coma Berenices is located in the fourth galactic quadrant, between Leo and Bootes, and is visible in both celestial hemispheres! Isn't that just so cool!" Runningrabbit continued excitedly. "Coma Berenices has been recognized as a distinct asterism since the Hellenistic Period and is the only modern constellation named after a historical person! It was introduced to the Western astronomy in the 3rd Century B.C. by Conon of Samos, court astronomer to Egyptian ruler Ptolemy III Euergetes, to honor Ptolemy's consort, Berenice II! Berenice vowed to sacrifice her long hair in a votive offering if Ptolemy returned safely from a battle during the Third Syrian War!"

Brick looked at the bouncing cat in confusion, not really understanding any of what she was saying. Runningrabbit seemed to have caught on and spoke again, in simpler words.

"So basically, there was an Egyptian king named Ptolemy that was fighting in the Third Syrian War! A gal named Berenice didn't want him to die, so she cut off all her hair in hopes that he would live! She became famous for it, so the constellation was named after her!"

Brick faked a smile and nodded vigorously. "How interesting! Well, that's all there is today, folks. I hope you enjoyed episode twenty-three of Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars!"

{Written by Fantabulous Feather who fought the urge so much to put herself as the special guest in this chapter.}

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