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In ancient times why did sailors need to know about stars?
The stars and constellations helped them navigate.
What is a group of stars that form pattern or shape?
It is called a constellation.Constellations.Technically an asterism, but most people usually call it a constellation.
Why are most modern constellations composed of faint stars of located in the southern sky?
Faint stars were not included in ancient constellations and regions of the southern sky were not visible to the ancient astronomers of northern latitudes. (source: Michael A. Seed's Foundations of Astronomy)
Do people from other cultures on Earth see the same stars constellations and asterisms that you see?
yes the see the same thing
Patterns of stars are called what?
Patterns of stars are called constellations.
What would you call a group of stars that aren't constellations?
A group of stars. Constellations aren't actually connected stars.
What do you call group of stars?
Constellations!
How did ancient cultures group the stars in the sky.?
They named sections of the sky based on the patterns
What are key constellations?
constellation are group of stars.
Who named the arrangement of the stars the 'constellations'?
The ancient Greeks
What is a difference between a star and constellations?
A constellation is a group of stars. Nearly all cultures have organised stars into groups because, when see with their surrounding stars, they can outline the vague shape of people, animals or other objects.
What are constellations groups of?
Constellations are a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the night sky.
What are the group of stars that form patterns in the sky?
Constellations
What is the name of the group of stars that form patterns?
constellations
In ancient times why did sailors need to know about stars?
The stars and constellations helped them navigate.
Who name stars by assigning them in constillations?
The Ancient Arabs, Greeks, Hindus, Romans - they all helped name the constellations. Different cultures have different names for the constellations.
How constellations different from galaxies?
Constellations are stars put together, usually to form a ancient figure in the stars, a galaxy is much different, They have planets and in galaxies you can find constellations. Big difference
