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What is the name of the faint constellation between Orion and Gemini - also greek word for unicorn?
Monoceros.
Write a short note on Orion the constellation?
This constellation looks like a hunter. It has three stars as a belt of the hunter. There are some faint stars below the belt forming the sword of the hunter. The two brightest stars of this constellation are Betelgeuse (Punarvasu) and Regel (Mrigshira)
The faint constellation between scorpius and Virgo?
Libra
How far is Camelopardalis from Earth?
Camelopardalis is a Large but faint constellation . the nearest star of this constellation is about 17.58 light years away
What is constellation in space science?
The celestial sphere is divided up into regions, each of which is a constellation with a name like Orion, Lacerta or Andromeda. Every direction in space belongs in a constellation, for example Polaris is in Ursa Minor and Sirius is in Canis Major. Most laypeople use the word constellation to mean a pattern of stars, but technically the proper word for that is "asterism." Most constellations have at least one famous asterism in them (the one with the same name as the constellation itself), but the constellation includes ALL the stars in that part of the sky, even those that are too faint to see, while the asterism is just the brightest stars.
What is the faint constellation between scorpius and Virgo?
Probably Libra. See related links for a star map.
How many stars make up the constellation columba?
Columba is a small, faint constellation located just south of Canis Major and Lepus.Its name is Latin for dove.It has 5 main stars.
How big is Alcor?
Mizar is a quadruple system of two binary stars in the constellation Ursa Major.Alcor is a faint companion just to the east. Because it is so faint it is impossible at the moment to gain dimensions of the star.
What is Orion's legend?
Orion got its name from Artemies. Orion was a great hunter. Atemies brother, Apollo, tricked his sister Artemies and Artemies killed Orion. After she found out it was a trick from her brother, she felt bad for him that she put him up in the sky with his nameanother version is that Orion was fighting with a scorpion but got killed by the scorpion. so Artemies put both of them into the sky. But she put them up into the sky in the opposit side of the sky.The Orion constellation got its name due to the fact that it resembled the character Orion from mythology. Orion was a great hunter and the constellation resembles a hunter.
Does the constellation include only the stars connected by the imaginary lines that create a shape?
A constellation is defined as a certain "area" in the sky - similar to the lines that divide countries on a continent. All the stars in that general direction are part of the constellation - millions of them, or billions or trillions, if you include stars that are faint enough.
Does a constellation include only the stars connected by the imaginary lines that create a shape?
A constellation is defined as a certain "area" in the sky - similar to the lines that divide countries on a continent. All the stars in that general direction are part of the constellation - millions of them, or billions or trillions, if you include stars that are faint enough.
What is the constellation Monoceros?
some very big stars they have no name just stars the nickname is do not go to wikipeda and get a life
