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4 days ago · By: Steve Goldberg Asterism: a grouping of stars that form a recognizable pattern. Constellation: Cassiopeia Right Ascension: 01 h, 19 m 35s Declination: 58 o 17’ 12”
3 days ago · Eta Carinae is too far south to be part of the mansion-based traditional Chinese astronomy, but it was mapped when the Southern Asterisms were created at the start of the 17th century. Together with s Carinae, λ Centauri and λ Muscae, Eta Carinae forms the asterism 海山 (Sea and Mountain).
2 days ago · Our next summer asterism is the Northern Cross. For this one, start by facing east. The top star of the cross is again Deneb. Note that asterisms can overlap, and one star can be in multiple ...
2 days ago · Traditionally, Inuit used prominent celestial objects—the sun, moon, and major circumpolar asterisms—as markers for estimating the passage of time, as wayfinding and directional aids, and, importantly, as the basis of several of the foundational myths and legends underpinning their society’s social order and mores.Random inquiries on Inuit astronomy made by European visitors after ...
3 days ago · List of exceptional asteroids. VLT /SPHERE images of most asteroids > 210 km in diameter to scale. Deconvolved with MISTRAL algorithm. Main-belt asteroids > 200 km that were not imaged are (451) Patientia, (65) Cybele and (107) Camilla. Trojan (624) Hektor may also be in this size range.
4 days ago · This is a list of constellations based on how many stars make up the outline of the constellation, not how big the constellation is. The constellation with the least number of outline stars is Canis Minor which is just two stars. The constellation with the most number of stars is Eridanus.
5 days ago · Asterisms are groups of stars within a constellation which form a distinctive pattern, which is a good description of the three stars which are said to form the belt of Orion, the hunter, in the constellation named for him.
