The word is "constellation". No. Most of the stars in a constellation are unrelated; they just happen to be in the same general direction, from our point of view.
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The star constilation called the "southern cross"
constilation
actually the constilation is called scorpio.
they are stars
Stars and Galaxies are related because a galaxy is a system of billions of stars, gases, and dust.
No he is Big Hoss's friend that needed a job.
No he just became honnorable by a famous greek god and the god made a constilation for him.
643 ± 146 light-years, according to Wikipedia.
no none of them are related to each other
the little dipper is a pot, but it is also a part of another constellation of a bear called ursa major.
The oldest stars are classified as population III stars [See related question]