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A solar system is a star with planets orbiting it.

A constellation is our view of several stars in patterns. Most constellations are just different stars that are very far apart, but from our point of view they seem close.

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A constellation is an area of sky that contains pattern of stars that make up a picture, object, animal, etc. - a galaxy is a grouping of several million to billion stars, gas and dust, that is gravitationally bound.

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constellations are in the night sky,above you as you look up,groups of stars such as The plough,orion,etc- also the star signs Gemini,Tauraus etc- are all forms of constellations ,there are also different ones for different seasons.hope this helps.

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Grouping of stars in constellations is completely arbitrary as it depends solely on our point of view (stars in particular constellation aren't really near together and can be separated by great distances - in fact stars belonging to two different constellations may be closer together than stars in just one of them) and was influenced by our mythological views.

Grouping of planets in a solar system at least has an actual basis: planets are gravitationally bound to a star and are located nearby.

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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 areas in America (constellations), but Texas is a feature within a state (i.e. a Star).

Also, the term constellation has meaning only for earth observers. The stars in a constellation are not really in some kind of group with each other; they can be extremely far apart and completely unrelated, except that from your perspective they are part of a group or cluster of stars that suggests a fanciful shape. In fact, some of what we observe as stars in constellations are actually galaxies, far removed from the Milky Way.

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For constellations, the stars appear close together from the earth, but could actually be many light years apart. They are separate systems. Binary or multiple star systems are part of the same system, with the gravity of the stars effecting each other. These stars are much closer together and usually can't be distinguished with the naked eye.

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Constellations in the Zodiac are along the plane of the ecliptic.

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hmnmm well a constellation is an arrangement of stars as viewed from planet earth, and a star cluster is just any random group of stars :)

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That can't really be compared. A constellation is, roughly speaking, a general direction in the sky, so you can't really assign a size to it.

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How is the grouping of stars in a constellation different from the grouping of planets in a solar system?

Grouping of stars in constellations is completely arbitrary as it depends solely on our point of view (stars in particular constellation aren't really near together and can be separated by great distances - in fact stars belonging to two different constellations may be closer together than stars in just one of them) and was influenced by our mythological views. Grouping of planets in a solar system at least has an actual basis: planets are gravitationally bound to a star and are located nearby.


What is a large group of stars in space?

A large grouping of stars in space is commonly referred to as the galaxy. This can also be called the solar system since planets are also types of stars.


Difference between solar system and constellation?

The Solar system is the collection of planets orbiting around the sun(sol). A constellation is a collect/pattern of stars seen in the night sky.


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No matter where it may wander, none of the planets in our solar system ever appears in Ursa Major.


How is the Milky Way the same as a constellation?

The Milky Way is a galaxy made up of billions of stars of which our solar system is a part. A constellation is a grouping of stars in apparent proximity that form identifiable patterns. Both are made up of stars.


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Neptune was the ruler of horses and the sea, but he was not a constellation, he was a god. You may be confused here because one of the planets in our solar system is called Neptune.


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How are the planets different from the solar system?

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