Constellations
Constellations have fascinated astronomers for centuries. They are arbitrary formations of stars perceived as a figure or design, especially one of 88 recognized groups named after characters from classical mythology and various common animals and objects. Questions about the various constellations of stars are what this category is all about.
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A pattern of stars which is not an official constellation (although often they are part of constellations) is called an asterism....
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The Earth is a sphere. An observer looking up can only see the stars on their side of the planet. As the Earth rotates, it...
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The angle you have to raise your chin to go from looking straight at the horizon to looking straight at the star.
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Not really. Apollo was one of the chief gods in the Greek pantheon, and was too important to have a mere constellation; Apollo...
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Constellations are areas of the sky. Stars are features in the sky. For example: Texas, California and South Carolina are all...
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First of all, Dorado is pretty far south. If you're anywhere north of about 22° north latitude ... the line roughly through...
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The classical constellations of the Zodiac are 12, but according to the modern official boundaries of the constellation, the Sun...
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Yes. Landmarks or skymarks are useful for reference points for locations.
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The story of Orion is a Greek tragedy. Artemis, Goddess of the hunt, was searching for recruits to have by her side. She found a...
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Constellations do a complete, 360-degree rotation around the entire sky, once every 23hours 56minutes 4seconds. So if you only...
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The Crux or Southern Cross constellation is made up of four stars which can be joined in such a way, by an observer on earth, to...
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In general, it would be almost impossible to catch one. If you did, it would be travelling very fast and would likely break your...
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The Universe didn't begin anywhere. As far as we know, the Universe is everything that exists and everything is contained inside...
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Orion is probably the best constellation of all, given how bright most of its stars are. In the northern hemisphere it is very...
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Alphard is the brightest star in the constellation Hydra. It has a spectral type of K3 and will have a colour of Orange. See...
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Kendall's hair is a dirty blond color.
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Yes, the SOuthern Cross is visible from the Caribbean in the Northern Hemisphere's Summer months. April throught to September.
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Starting from the handle, the main stars in the big dipper are Alkaid, Mizar and Alcar (an optical double star), Alioth, Megrez,...
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AnswerAccording to Scientific American: "The North Star, or Polaris, is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, the...
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Aquarius - called by the Greeks Hydrochoos, "the Water-Pourer." "Aquarius" is a Latin translation of the Greek name. According...
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Most often? Little to none. Some stars in a constellation may be gravitationally related to each other, but usually, the...
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Leo-comes in fall Leo isn't really a southern constellation, and comes in the spring. My guess is you're thinking of Ara.
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It looks like a Dolphin in the sky; and the scientific name for a dolphin is Delphinus.
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Yes they do. But they're so far away that you can't see the effects of their motion over the duration of a human lifetime.
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The sky is divided into 88 constellations.
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The Pleiades star Cluster is also known as the "Seven Sisters" and it's found in the constellation Taurus (it's the "heart of the...
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The technical name for the big dipper is Ursa Major, literally, "The Great Bear."
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No, Orion's belt is part of Orion, the Hunter
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The constellation Orion? It isn't getting any larger, or at least not quickly. Constellations are not actual objects; they are...
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Orion big dipper small dipper Maybe Scorpion or fish, but I think its the great bear
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A "constellation" is a group of stars that appear close to each other as viewed from Earth. Most are not actually anywhere close...
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The International Astronomical Union formalized the assignments of every star to one, and only one, constellation. (This was done...
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The scale below is given as an instructive tool, to give a general idea of how the magnitude scale works. The scale below is...
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Ursa Minor, the little bear.
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Ursa MajorIt was a long time ago. A sheperd was watching his sheep in a long field. By his side was a bucket, with a plain pewter...
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Ursa Major Stars are scattered randomly across the sky. Apart from the rare exceptions, the stars that make up constellations...
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Antares -- 604 light-years distant, magnitude 1.05, an "M" class star, cooler than our Sun.
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though the answer is unlikly it is prolly because you are going to devolpe a skin cancer
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Wrong question. I mean, it's a reasonable question to wonder about... it's just not a reasonable question to expect an answer...
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The Little Dipper (Ursa Minor) is a constellation right at the North Pole, whereas the Zodiac constellations and signs are more...
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Constellations are simply patterns of stars that appear on the celestial sphere, that is, the imaginary globe around the earth on...
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The phrase 'heavenly bodies' refers to the stars, planets, moons, comets, andother astronomical objects visible from Earth,...
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It is an Annunaki technology , the same technology Nicolas Tesla needed to develop for the Philadelphia Experiment |||| men...
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like blue stars or somethin or sun its a big star
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Ursa Minor or the Little Dipper does not rise. It stays in the same position in the sky all year but rotates around the North...
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No one discovered the constellations The stars have been there since before humanity evolved. The constellation was devised by...
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because the phoenix is suposedly good luck and is a type of bird exept it does not flame from sydney
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the symbol of Lacerta is a Lizard. And there is no mythology surrounding Lacerta.
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Northern circumpolar constellations revolve around the north celestial pole in a counterclockwise manner. They never seem to rise...
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Regulus γ1 Leo Denebola δ LeoZozma ε Leo θ Leo ζ Leo Regulus is the brightest [See Link]
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A map of the stars, relative positions and names. Allowing an astronomer to detect and observe a particular star or area of...
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Most veteran sky-watchers prefer to observe it at night.
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Orion will be visible in the night sky at different times of the year. As the Earth progresses arround the Sun, so the...
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The Big Dipper is part of a constellation named Ursa Major. So the Big Dipper is not a constellation even though people think it...
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The stars are arranged like a saucepan, with the handle consisting of three stars to the left when it is 'upright'. Look at the...
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Rigel is imagined to be one of the feet of Orion, the Hunter. That's the origin of its name "Rigel" . . . from the...
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Click on the link to your right for the location of the Coma Berenices.
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The North Star (or Polaris) is part of the constellation Ursa Minor.
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There is another item from West Chester PA, so I'm going to assume that you are there as well.The sun is in Leo in September, so...
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Both, different interpretations have lead to alternative pictures of Orion. Some claim that the bow is the old version as the new...
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Whatever colour you write them with ... Do you mean alpha and beta rays? You can't see them, they're not a kind of light.
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Because in mythology Orion bragged about his skills and Zeus was annoyed so he punished him by sending Scorpio to sting him but...
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You can't really talk about it as a discovery. People looked at the stars since times immemorial and named them. Why? Stars were...
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The constellation Cygnus contains 9 major stars
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Sirius is in the constellation Canis Major.
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Aries- from March 21 to April 20 Taurus- from April 21 - May 20 Gemini- from May 21 - June 21 Cancer- from June 22 - July 22 ...
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Mars has no fixed relationship to Orion, or to any other stars. In ancient times, Mars, Venus and Jupiter were called "planets",...
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A star's position is measured in Right Ascension (Ra) and Declination (Dec), which is stated in very small incriments such as arc...
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See link as there are too many to list individually. The fourteen main ones are:- γ Dra - Eltanin, Etamin, Etanin, Ettanin, the...
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Cetus is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name refers to Cetus, a sea monster in Greek mythology, although it is often...
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Depends on where you are.
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The name of the big bear constellation in the Odyssey is Callisto. Hera, Zeus's wife, turned her into a brown bear. Callisto or...
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follow the drinking gourd
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Because earth moves around the sun and therefore it is positioned in different places.
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The Andromeda constellation is best viewed at 21:00 during the month of November.
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That would depend on where you looked at it from. All constellations depend on where they are seen from. If our planet were...
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Simply put, constellations are arbitrary groupings of stars that have been constructed so as to assist in the location and...
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Stand on your head! dummys
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You need at least 2 stars. There are some that are binary: Caelum--The Chisel, Canes Venatici--The Hunting dogs.
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There are 88 Constellations in total. They are: Andromeda (The Princess) Antlia (The Air Pump) Apus (The Bird of Paradise)...
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Not a very exciting name but 46 Leonis Minoris is the brightest star in the constellation Leo Minor.
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a hunter shooting a bow and arrow.
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Ursa Major means "Big Bear" Ursa means Bear, and Major means large. Ursa Minor means Ursa as in Bear and minor as in small. These...
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Constellations. Perhaps more particularly, Ursa Major and Draco are "circumpolar constellations", because they never set. Which...
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Draco (the dragon)
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It is a constellation of four main stars visible in the skies of the Southern Hemisphere. It is roughly in the shape of an upside...
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