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Asterism (astronomy), the Glossary

An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky.^[1]

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Asterisms (astronomy)
Former constellations
Stellar groupings

Achernar

Achernar is the brightest star in the constellation of Eridanus and the ninth-brightest in the night sky.

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Acrux

Acrux is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux.

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Albireo

Albireo is a double star designated Beta Cygni (β Cygni, abbreviated Beta Cyg, β Cyg).

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Alcyone (star)

Alcyone, designated η Tauri (Eta Tauri, abbreviated Eta Tau, η Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus.

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Aldebaran

Aldebaran (lit) is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.

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Alnilam

Alnilam is the central star of Orion's Belt in the equatorial constellation of Orion.

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Alnitak

Alnitak is a triple star system in the constellation of Orion.

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Alpha Aquarii

Alpha Aquarii, officially named Sadalmelik, is a single star in the constellation of Aquarius.

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Alpha Centauri

Alpha Centauri (α Cen, or Alpha Cen) is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus.

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Alpha Columbae

Alpha Columbae or α Columbae, officially named Phact, is a third magnitude star in the southern constellation of Columba.

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Alpha Coronae Borealis

Alpha Coronae Borealis (α Coronae Borealis, abbreviated Alpha CrB, α CrB), officially named Alphecca, is an eclipsing binary star in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

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Alpha Delphini

Alpha Delphini (α Delphini, abbreviated Alpha Del, α Del) is a multiple star system in the constellation of Delphinus.

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Alpha Pegasi (α Pegasi, abbreviated Alpha Peg, α Peg), formally named Markab, is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Pegasus and one of the four stars in the asterism known as the Great Square of Pegasus.

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Alpha Persei

Alpha Persei (Latinized from α Persei, abbreviated Alpha Per, α Per), formally named Mirfak (pronounced or), is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Perseus, outshining the constellation's best-known star, Algol (β Persei).

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Alpha Persei Cluster

The Alpha Persei Cluster, also known as Melotte 20 or Collinder 39, is an open cluster of stars in the northern constellation of Perseus.

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Alpheratz

Alpheratz, or Alpha Andromedae (α Andromedae, abbreviated Alpha And or α And), is a binary star 97 light-years from Earth and is the brightest star in the constellation of Andromeda when Mirach (βAndromedae) undergoes its periodical dimming.

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Altair

Altair is the brightest star in the constellation of Aquila and the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky.

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Antares

Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius.

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Aquarius (constellation)

Aquarius is an equatorial constellation of the zodiac, between Capricornus and Pisces. Asterism (astronomy) and Aquarius (constellation) are constellations.

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Aquila (constellation)

Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Asterism (astronomy) and Aquila (constellation) are constellations.

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Arcturus

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Argo Navis

Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, now a grouping of three IAU constellations. Asterism (astronomy) and Argo Navis are former constellations.

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Asterism (astronomy)

An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky. Asterism (astronomy) and asterism (astronomy) are asterisms (astronomy), constellations, former constellations and stellar groupings.

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics.

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Australian Aboriginal astronomy

Australian Aboriginal astronomy has been passed down orally, through ceremonies, and in their artwork of many kinds.

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Babylonian star catalogues

Babylonian astronomy collated earlier observations and divinations into sets of Babylonian star catalogues, during and after the Kassite rule over Babylonia. Asterism (astronomy) and Babylonian star catalogues are former constellations.

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Beehive Cluster

The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger", "cot" or "crib"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer.

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Beta Aquarii

Beta Aquarii is a single star in the constellation of Aquarius.

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Beta Carinae

Beta Carinae is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Beta Centauri

Beta Centauri is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Centaurus.

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Beta Delphini

Beta Delphini (β Delphini, abbreviated Beta Del, β Del) is a binary star in the constellation of Delphinus.

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Beta Draconis

Beta Draconis, a name Latinized from β Draconis, is a binary star system and the third-brightest star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco.

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Beta Pegasi

Beta Pegasi (β Pegasi, abbreviated Beta Peg, β Peg), formally named Scheat, is a red giant star and the second-brightest star (after Epsilon Pegasi) in the constellation of Pegasus.

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Beta Scorpii

Beta Scorpii (β Scorpii, abbreviated Beta Sco, β Sco) is a multiple star system in the southern zodiac constellation of Scorpius.

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Betelgeuse

Betelgeuse is a red supergiant star in the constellation of Orion.

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Big Dipper

The Big Dipper (US, Canada) or the plough (UK, Ireland) is a large asterism consisting of seven bright stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (δ), of third magnitude. Asterism (astronomy) and Big Dipper are asterisms (astronomy).

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Boötes

Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Boötes are constellations.

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Brocchi's Cluster

Brocchi's Cluster (also known as Collinder 399, Cr 399 or Al Sufi's Cluster) is a asterism of 10 stars. Asterism (astronomy) and Brocchi's Cluster are asterisms (astronomy).

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Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the northern sky representing a giraffe. Asterism (astronomy) and Camelopardalis are constellations.

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Cancer (constellation)

Cancer is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Cancer (constellation) are constellations.

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Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici is one of the 88 constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Asterism (astronomy) and Canes Venatici are constellations.

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Canopus

Canopus is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina and the second-brightest star in the night sky.

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Capella

Capella is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Auriga.

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Carina (constellation)

Carina is a constellation in the southern sky. Asterism (astronomy) and Carina (constellation) are constellations.

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Carina Nebula

The Carina Nebula or Eta Carinae Nebula (catalogued as NGC 3372; also known as the Great Carina Nebula) is a large, complex area of bright and dark nebulosity in the constellation Carina, located in the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy.

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Cassiopeia (constellation)

Cassiopeia is a constellation and asterism in the northern sky named after the vain queen Cassiopeia, mother of Andromeda, in Greek mythology, who boasted about her unrivaled beauty. Asterism (astronomy) and Cassiopeia (constellation) are constellations.

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Castor (star)

Castor is the second-brightest object in the zodiac constellation of Gemini.

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Celestial navigation

Celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, is the practice of position fixing using stars and other celestial bodies that enables a navigator to accurately determine their actual current physical position in space or on the surface of the Earth without relying solely on estimated positional calculations, commonly known as dead reckoning.

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Celestial pole

The north and south celestial poles are the two points in the sky where Earth's axis of rotation, indefinitely extended, intersects the celestial sphere.

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Centaurus

Centaurus is a bright constellation in the southern sky. Asterism (astronomy) and Centaurus are constellations.

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Chinese constellations

Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese xīng guān). Asterism (astronomy) and Chinese constellations are constellations.

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Coma Star Cluster

The Coma Star Cluster (also known as Melotte 111 or Collinder 256) is a nearby open cluster located in the constellation Coma Berenices.

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Connect the dots

Connect the dots (also known as connect-the-dots, dot to dot, join the dots or follow the dots) is a form of puzzle containing a sequence of numbered dots.

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Constellation

A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. Asterism (astronomy) and constellation are constellations.

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Cor Caroli

Cor Caroli is a binary star designated Alpha Canum Venaticorum or α Canum Venaticorum.

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Crux

Crux is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross. Asterism (astronomy) and Crux are constellations.

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Cuneiform

Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.

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Cygnus (constellation)

Cygnus is a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, deriving its name from the Latinized Greek word for swan. Asterism (astronomy) and Cygnus (constellation) are constellations.

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Deep-sky object

A deep-sky object (DSO) is any astronomical object that is not an individual star or Solar System object (such as Sun, Moon, planet, comet, etc.). The classification is used for the most part by amateur astronomers to denote visually observed faint naked eye and telescopic objects such as star clusters, nebulae and galaxies.

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Delphinus

Delphinus (Pronounced or) is a small constellation in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, close to the celestial equator. Asterism (astronomy) and Delphinus are constellations.

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Delta Capricorni

Delta Capricorni, or δ Capricorni, is a binary star located 38.7 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Capricornus (the Sea Goat).

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Delta Crucis

Delta Crucis or δ Crucis, also identified as Imai, is a star in the southern constellation of Crux, and is the faintest of the four bright stars that form the prominent asterism known as the Southern Cross.

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Delta Delphini

Delta Delphini, Latinized from δ Delphini, is a binary star in the northern constellation of Delphinus.

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Delta Scorpii

Delta Scorpii (Latinised from δ Scorpii, abbreviated Delta Sco, δ Sco) is a binary star (the presence of a third star in the system is being debated) in the constellation of Scorpius.

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Delta Velorum

Delta Velorum (δ Velorum, abbreviated Delta Vel, δ Vel) is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Vela, near the border with Carina, and is part of the False Cross.

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Deneb

Deneb is a first-magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation of Cygnus.

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Denebola

Denebola is the second-brightest individual star in the zodiac constellation of Leo.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen

(The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner.

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Draco (constellation)

Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Asterism (astronomy) and Draco (constellation) are constellations.

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Dubhe

Dubhe, also called Alpha Ursae Majoris, Latinised from α Ursae Majoris, is, despite being designated "α" (alpha), the second-brightest object in the northern constellation of Ursa Major.

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Epsilon Boötis

Epsilon Boötis (ε Boötis, abbreviated Epsilon Boo, ε Boo), officially named Izar, is a binary star in the northern constellation of Boötes.

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Epsilon Carinae

Epsilon Carinae (ε Carinae, abbreviated Epsilon Car, ε Car), officially named Avior, is a binary star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Epsilon Crucis

Epsilon Crucis, ε Crucis (abbreviated Eps Cru, ε Cru), also known as Ginan, is a single, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Crux.

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Epsilon Herculis

Epsilon Herculis, Latinized from ε Herculis, is a fourth-magnitude multiple star system in the northern constellation of Hercules.

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Epsilon Leonis

Epsilon Leonis (ε Leo, ε Leonis) is the fifth-brightest star in the constellation Leo, consistent with its Bayer designation Epsilon.

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Epsilon Pegasi

Epsilon Pegasi (Latinised from ε Pegasi, abbreviated Epsilon Peg, ε Peg), formally named Enif, is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Pegasus.

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Eridanus (constellation)

Eridanus is a constellation which stretches along the southern celestial hemisphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Eridanus (constellation) are constellations.

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Eta Herculis

Eta Herculis (η Her, η Herculis) is a fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Hercules.

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Eta Orionis

Eta Orionis or Algjebbah, Latinized from η Orionis, is a multiple star in the constellation Orion.

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First-magnitude star

First-magnitude stars are the brightest stars in the night sky, with apparent magnitudes lower (i.e. brighter) than +1.50.

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Fomalhaut

Fomalhaut is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Piscis Austrinus, the Southern Fish, and one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

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Former constellations

Former constellations are old historical Western constellations that for various reasons are no longer widely recognised or are not officially recognised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Asterism (astronomy) and Former constellations are constellations.

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Gacrux

Gacrux is the third-brightest star in the southern constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross.

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Galactic anticenter

The galactic anticenter is a direction in space directly opposite to the Galactic Center, as viewed from Earth.

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Galactic Center

The Galactic Center is the barycenter of the Milky Way and a corresponding point on the rotational axis of the galaxy.

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Gamma Boötis

Gamma Boötis, Latinised from γ Boötis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Boötes the herdsman, forming the left shoulder of this asterism.

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Gamma Delphini

Gamma Delphini, which is Latinized from γ Delphini, is a wide binary star system in the northern constellation of Delphinus.

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Gamma Draconis

Gamma Draconis (γ Draconis, abbreviated Gamma Dra, γ Dra), formally named Eltanin, is a star in the northern constellation of Draco.

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Gamma Pegasi

Gamma Pegasi is a star in the constellation of Pegasus, located at the southeast corner of the asterism known as the Great Square.

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Gamma Piscium

Gamma Piscium (γ Piscium) is a star approximately 135 light years away from Earth in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.

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Gemini (constellation)

Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac and is located in the northern celestial hemisphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Gemini (constellation) are constellations.

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Great Diamond

The Great Diamond, also called the Diamond of Virgo, is an asterism that can be seen during spring evenings in the Northern Hemisphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Great Diamond are asterisms (astronomy).

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Hercules (constellation)

Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Asterism (astronomy) and Hercules (constellation) are constellations.

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Hipparchus

Hipparchus (Ἵππαρχος, Hipparkhos; BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician.

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Hyades (star cluster)

The Hyades (Greek Ὑάδες, also known as Caldwell 41, Collinder 50, or Melotte 25) is the nearest open cluster and one of the best-studied star clusters.

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Hydra (constellation)

Hydra is the largest of the 88 modern constellations, measuring 1303 square degrees, and also the longest at over 100 degrees. Asterism (astronomy) and Hydra (constellation) are constellations.

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IAU designated constellations

In contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Asterism (astronomy) and IAU designated constellations are constellations.

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International Astronomical Union

The International Astronomical Union (IAU; Union astronomique internationale, UAI) is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) with the objective of advancing astronomy in all aspects, including promoting astronomical research, outreach, education, and development through global cooperation.

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Iota Carinae

Iota Carinae (ι Carinae, abbreviated Iota Car, ι Car), officially named Aspidiske, is a star in the southern constellation of Carina.

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Iota Herculis

Iota Herculis (ι Herculis, ι Her) is a fourth-magnitude variable star system in the constellation Hercules, consisting of at least four stars all about away.

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Iota Piscium

Iota Piscium (Iota Psc, ι Piscium, ι Psc) is a single, F-type main-sequence star located 45 light years from Earth, in the constellation Pisces.

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Johann Bayer

Johann Bayer (1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer).

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Kappa Piscium

Kappa Piscium (κ Piscium) is a solitary, white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.

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Kappa Velorum

Kappa Velorum (κ Velorum, abbreviated Kappa Vel, κ Vel; proper name Markeb) is a binary star system in the southern constellation of Vela.

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Kemble's Cascade

Kemble's Cascade (designated Kemble 1) is an asterism located in the constellation Camelopardalis. Asterism (astronomy) and Kemble's Cascade are asterisms (astronomy).

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Lambda Piscium

Lambda Piscium, Latinized from λ Piscium, is a solitary, white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Pisces.

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Large Magellanic Cloud

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

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Large Sagittarius Star Cloud

The Large Sagittarius Star Cloud is the brightest visible region of the Milky Way galaxy, a portion of the central bulge seen around the thick dust of the Great Rift which lines the northwest edge.

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Leo (constellation)

Leo is one of the constellations of the zodiac, between Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east. Asterism (astronomy) and Leo (constellation) are constellations.

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Light pollution

Light pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial lighting.

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List of nearest stars

This list covers all known stars, white dwarfs, brown dwarfs, and sub-brown dwarfs within of the Sun.

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Lyra

paren, from λύρα; pronounced) is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Lyra was often represented on star maps as a vulture or an eagle carrying a lyre, and hence is sometimes referred to as Vultur Cadens or Aquila Cadens ("Falling Vulture" or "Falling Eagle"), respectively. Asterism (astronomy) and lyra are constellations.

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Merak (star)

Merak, also called Beta Ursae Majoris (β Ursae Majoris, abbreviated Beta UMa, β UMa), is a star in the northern constellation of Ursa Major.

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Messier 13

Messier 13 or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation of Hercules.

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Messier 73

Messier 73 (M73, also known as NGC 6994) is an asterism of four stars in the constellation Aquarius. Asterism (astronomy) and Messier 73 are asterisms (astronomy).

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Milky Way

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

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Mimosa (star)

Mimosa is the second-brightest object in the southern constellation of Crux (after Acrux), and the 20th-brightest star in the night sky.

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Mintaka

Mintaka, designation Delta Orionis (δ Orionis, abbreviated Delta Ori, δ Ori) and 34 Orionis (34 Ori), is a multiple star system some 1,200 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Orion.

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Monoceros

Monoceros (Greek:, "unicorn") is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Asterism (astronomy) and Monoceros are constellations.

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MUL.APIN

MUL.APIN is the conventional title given to a Babylonian compendium that deals with many diverse aspects of Babylonian astronomy and astrology. Asterism (astronomy) and MUL.APIN are former constellations.

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Nakshatra

Nakshatra (translit) is the term for lunar mansion in Hindu astrology. Asterism (astronomy) and Nakshatra are constellations.

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Natural History (Pliny)

The Natural History (Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.

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NGC 1502

NGC 1502 (also known as the Golden Harp Cluster) is a young open cluster of approximately 60 stars in the constellation Camelopardalis, discovered by William Herschel on November 3, 1787.

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NGC 2169

NGC 2169 is an open cluster in the Orion constellation.

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NGC 2264

NGC 2264 is the designation number of the New General Catalogue that identifies two astronomical objects as a single object: the Cone Nebula, and the Christmas Tree Cluster.

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Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille

Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (15 March 171321 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations.

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Northern Cross (asterism)

The Northern Cross is an astronomical asterism in the northern hemisphere of the celestial sphere, corresponding closely with the constellation Cygnus the swan. Asterism (astronomy) and northern Cross (asterism) are asterisms (astronomy).

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Observational astronomy

Observational astronomy is a division of astronomy that is concerned with recording data about the observable universe, in contrast with theoretical astronomy, which is mainly concerned with calculating the measurable implications of physical models.

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Omega Carinae

Omega Carinae, Latinized from ω Carinae, is a star in the constellation Carina.

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Omega Sagittarii

Omega Sagittarii, which is Latinized from ω Sagittarii, is a binary star system in the constellation of Sagittarius, near the eastern constellation border with Capricornus.

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Orion (constellation)

Orion is a prominent set of stars visible during winter in the northern celestial hemisphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Orion (constellation) are constellations.

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Orion OB1

Orion OB1 (Ori OB1) is a contingent group of several dozen hot giant stars of spectral types O and B in Orion.

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Orion's Belt

Orion's Belt is an asterism in the constellation of Orion. Asterism (astronomy) and Orion's Belt are asterisms (astronomy).

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Pegasus (constellation)

Pegasus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after the winged horse Pegasus in Greek mythology. Asterism (astronomy) and Pegasus (constellation) are constellations.

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Pi Herculis

Pi Herculis (π Her, π Herculis) is a third-magnitude star in the constellation Hercules.

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Pi Scorpii

Pi Scorpii or π Scorpii, is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Scorpius.

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Pisces (constellation)

Pisces is a constellation of the zodiac. Asterism (astronomy) and Pisces (constellation) are constellations.

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Piscis Austrinus

Piscis Austrinus is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. Asterism (astronomy) and Piscis Austrinus are constellations.

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Pleiades

The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, reflects an observed pattern formed by those stars, in an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.

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Pliny the Elder

Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.

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Polaris

Polaris is a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor.

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Pollux (star)

Pollux is the brightest star in the constellation of Gemini.

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Procyon

Procyon is the brightest star in the constellation of Canis Minor and usually the eighth-brightest star in the night sky, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.34.

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Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος,; Claudius Ptolemaeus; AD) was an Alexandrian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and music theorist who wrote about a dozen scientific treatises, three of which were important to later Byzantine, Islamic, and Western European science.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)

Also known as False Cross.

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