constilation
A constellation has no surface, it is an imaginary pattern of stars.
A constellation is an imaginary image traced out by a traditional arbitrary group of stars.
The word for stars that do make a pattern is "asterism" (not constellation; that's actually defined differently). There isn't really a word for a group of stars that don't make a pattern, because there's no such thing: any arbitrarily chosen group of stars will make a pattern, even if that pattern is essentially random.
A constellation
A constellation of stars is a group of stars positioned in such a way that a person may see them with imaginary lines connecting them to form an image. An example is the signs of the zodiac.
A constellation. (Also an asterism does this.)
A constellation has no surface, it is an imaginary pattern of stars.
Constellations are a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky.
constellation is a group of stars with a name assigned to it ;
A constellation is an imaginary image traced out by a traditional arbitrary group of stars.
The word for stars that do make a pattern is "asterism" (not constellation; that's actually defined differently). There isn't really a word for a group of stars that don't make a pattern, because there's no such thing: any arbitrarily chosen group of stars will make a pattern, even if that pattern is essentially random.
Constellation
A constellation
A constellation of stars is a group of stars positioned in such a way that a person may see them with imaginary lines connecting them to form an image. An example is the signs of the zodiac.
Constellation
A group of stars that suggests a pattern is a constellation, but the picture is strictly in the mind of the viewer.
A group of stars that form a pattern is a constellation. it forms many different patterns, such as Aries, Libra, Scorpio, Leo, Capricorn, etc.