there are 88 constellations. you can see them all in a year on the equator. most of them are from Greek mythology. Whenever a new star is discovered, it is added to the constellation it is nearest to.
They are made by drawing imaginary lines on the stars using the brightest stars as the corners
There are 88 officially recognized constellations.
Earth revolves around the sun. That is why the constellations we see from Earth appear to change.
There is one zodiac constellation that is not included in the traditional zodiac calendar. That constellation is Ophiuchus, and it lies between Scorpius and Sagittarius. This means there are 13 zodiac constellations. Constellations cannot be "hidden," so to speak. They are a fabrication of the human mind and would not exist elsewhere in the universe as we see them on Earth. Currently, we have 88 constellations (some of which are Northern hemisphere constellations, others of which are Southern hemisphere constellations) and their boundaries (constellations are not just the stars that make up a shape, but every celestial object in a defined region in the sky) fill the entire sky.
There are many popular constellations that are visible from Canada. Popular constellations include the big and little dipper for example.
Constellations
Most of the (northern) constellations we use today were invented in ancient times, especially by the ancient Greeks. More recently, a few were added (to fill the entire surface of the sky with constellations), and the limits between constellations were defined exactly.
palenotology, astronomy are a few
The Greeks really named quite a few.
aquila scutum scorpius Capricorn and a few more
These are the ZODIACAL CONSTELLATIONS - the constellations of the zodiac.
There are no constellations in the Earth. They are in space. There are 88 official constellations.
88 modern constellations - a list of the current constellations. Former constellations - a list of former constellations. Chinese constellations List of Nakshatras - sectors along the moon's ecliptic Asterism (astronomy)
Constellations are patterns of stars, so stars cannot be constellations.
No one exactly knows what are constellations for.
The Constellations was created in 2008.
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