A constellation is a pattern of several stars that make a picture. A galaxy is a huge mass of billions of stars, dust and gas that is gravitationally bound, moving through the universe.
A constellation is just a pattern of stars in the sky as seen from Earth. There are 88 designated constellations. It is a simple way of us mapping the sky. In reality the stars in those constellations have no real connection to each other. The can be vast distances from each other, but looking at them two-dimensionally they seem to form patterns that are easy for us to identify.
A galaxy is a massive group of stars and other elements, such as gases and dust, that are part of one system. Think of our solar system, but on a much more massive scale. Having said that all the stars in a constellation are far from each other, the stars we see are all part of the one galaxy, the Milky Way. We are all bound by gravity. Our solar system and the many of the stars that we see are on the edge of the Milky Way. If you are in an area that is free from light pollution, on a clear night you can see a long dusty looking stream in the sky that is part of the more populated part of the Milky Way. We can see other galaxies, but they look just like dusty objects in the sky. There are billions of galaxies out there, some of which we can see with the naked eye or a telescope. The Andromeda galaxy is the most distant thing we can see with the naked eye, at about 2.5 million miles from us.
Galaxy: A huge mass of stars, gas and dust gravitationally bound, moving through the universe.
Constellations: Patterns of stars resembling objects, animals and or people. A galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars. A constellation is a pattern of a few stars - how those stars look together from our perspective on Earth.
A constellation is a pattern of several stars that make a picture. A galaxy is a huge mass of billions of stars, dust and gas that is gravitationally bound, moving through the universe.
A constellation is just a pattern of stars in the sky as seen from Earth. There are 88 designated constellations. It is a simple way of us mapping the sky. In reality the stars in those constellations have no real connection to each other. The can be vast distances from each other, but looking at them two-dimensionally they seem to form patterns that are easy for us to identify.
A galaxy is a massive group of stars and other elements, such as gases and dust, that are part of one system. Think of our solar system, but on a much more massive scale. Having said that all the stars in a constellation are far from each other, the stars we see are all part of the one galaxy, the Milky Way. We are all bound by gravity. Our solar system and the many of the stars that we see are on the edge of the Milky Way. If you are in an area that is free from light pollution, on a clear night you can see a long dusty looking stream in the sky that is part of the more populated part of the Milky Way. We can see other galaxies, but they look just like dusty objects in the sky. There are billions of galaxies out there, some of which we can see with the naked eye or a telescope. The Andromeda galaxy is the most distant thing we can see with the naked eye, at about 2.5 million miles from us.
All of the stars in the Milky Way Galaxy are moving... however, we, in our lifetime, will never notice the constellations changing.
Circumpolar stars/constellations always stay above our horizon, if they go below our horizon than they are no longer circumpolar.
There is an imaginary band in the sky called the Plane of the Ecliptic. The planets we can see from earth, never wander above or below that band of sky - so the planets are always in one of the other of the constellations that lie in that band. We call those particular 12 (or 13) constellations the "constellations of the Zodiac".
Nothing. They are the same
As the name suggests, the barred spiral galaxy has a barred central core.See related link for a pictorial
It is the Andromeda Galaxy
All constellations are within our galaxy - The Milky Way.
Constellations are stars put together, usually to form a ancient figure in the stars, a galaxy is much different, They have planets and in galaxies you can find constellations. Big difference
All the constellations that we see, and there are 88 of them, are all in our galaxy, the Milky Way.
All of them.
CONSTELLATIONS
All constellations are within the Milky Way Galaxy.
Yes, all constellations in the night sky are within the Milky Way.
A satellite galaxy is one that revolves around another galaxy.
one thing galaxy's have planets but not constellations another... constellations look like that the stars are close but the aren't
A star is one, a galaxy is many.
That doesn't make sense. A constellation is basically a direction in space; you don't count constellations per galaxy or similar regions in space. There are 88 or 89 constellations (depending how you count them); these constellations cover all the directions around us, and are not related to any specific galaxy.