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- Pleiades (redirect from Pleiades (asterism))Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names by different cultures, is an asterism and an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the...46 KB (5,027 words) - 06:38, 13 May 2024
- Big Dipper (redirect from Big Dipper (asterism))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...32 KB (3,525 words) - 18:39, 16 April 2024
- An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky. Asterisms can be any identified pattern or group of stars, and therefore are a more general...29 KB (3,217 words) - 17:46, 9 May 2024
- Sagittarius (constellation) (redirect from Teapot (asterism))hemisphere, the constellation's brighter stars form an easily recognizable asterism known as "the Teapot". The stars δ Sgr (Kaus Media), ε Sgr (Kaus Australis)...25 KB (2,859 words) - 23:21, 22 April 2024
- Messier 73 (redirect from Asterism of 4 Stars M73)Messier 73 (M73, also known as NGC 6994) is an asterism of four stars in the constellation Aquarius. It lies several arcminutes east of globular cluster...7 KB (763 words) - 07:03, 30 December 2023
- In typography, an asterism, ⁂, is a typographic symbol consisting of three asterisks placed in a triangle, which is used for a variety of purposes. The...4 KB (423 words) - 04:53, 9 April 2024
- Draco (constellation) (redirect from Draco (asterism))Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer...19 KB (2,288 words) - 11:03, 19 January 2024
- Hercules (constellation) (redirect from Keystone (asterism))quadrangle formed by π Her, η Her, ζ Her and ε Her (known as the "Keystone" asterism) as Hercules's torso. H. A. Rey has suggested an alternative visualization...37 KB (3,928 words) - 14:30, 8 May 2024
- Chinese constellations (redirect from Chinese asterism)assigned to an asterism. Then a number is given to the individual stars in this asterism. Therefore, a star is designated as "Asterism name" + "Number"...26 KB (1,675 words) - 21:10, 24 March 2024
- Leo (constellation) (redirect from Sickle (asterism))constellation especially prominent. Six of the nine stars also form an asterism known as "The Sickle," which to modern observers may resemble a backwards...16 KB (1,781 words) - 21:07, 13 May 2024
- Perseus (constellation) (redirect from Caput Medusae (asterism))century also depicted Perseus holding the disembodied head of Medusa, whose asterism was named together as Perseus et Caput Medusae; however, this never came...45 KB (5,201 words) - 21:25, 24 February 2024
- Look up asterism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Asterism may refer to: Asterism (astronomy), a pattern of stars Asterism (band), a Japanese rock...433 bytes (91 words) - 07:18, 16 February 2024
- An asterism (from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) 'star', and -ism) is a star-shaped concentration of light reflected or refracted from a gemstone. It can...5 KB (610 words) - 05:50, 16 March 2024
- BeiDou (redirect from Beidou (asterism))is BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. It is named after the Big Dipper asterism, which is known in Chinese as Běidǒu (Chinese: 北斗). The name literally...66 KB (5,650 words) - 05:02, 27 March 2024
- The Stargate Asterism or Stargate Cluster is an asterism in the constellation Corvus consisting of six stars, also known as STF 1659. The stars form vertices...2 KB (82 words) - 12:28, 27 July 2023
- Mizar and Alcor (redirect from Horse and Rider (asterism))forming a naked eye double in the handle of the Big Dipper (or Plough) asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major. Mizar consists of two stars with magnitudes...14 KB (1,731 words) - 10:34, 9 March 2024
- Apus in Chinese astronomy (redirect from Exotic Bird (asterism))The modern constellation Apus is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its stars...4 KB (225 words) - 13:19, 14 May 2023
- Flying Serpent (Tengshe 螣蛇) is an asterism (name for a group of stars) in the constellation "Encampment" (Shixiu 室宿) in the Chinese constellation system...3 KB (196 words) - 13:01, 30 July 2023
- The Northern Cross is an astronomical asterism in the northern hemisphere of the celestial sphere, corresponding closely with the constellation Cygnus...4 KB (423 words) - 16:13, 6 February 2024
- Nameless Asterism (Japanese: ななしのアステリズム, Hepburn: Nanashi no Asterism) is a Japanese yuri manga written and illustrated by Kina Kobayashi. It was serialized...8 KB (596 words) - 13:05, 29 November 2023
- WOTD – 14 April 2010 English Wikipedia has an article on: asterism Wikipedia From Ancient Greek ἀστερισμός (asterismós, “group of stars”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr