People make use of constellations by helping their way traveling
People in the southern hemisphere often use the Southern Cross constellation to help determine the direction of south. This constellation is easily identifiable and can be used as a navigational tool since its orientation can point towards the south pole.
Not officially, but many people and cultures make up their own names
The constellation Camelopardalis consists of many stars, but there is no specific number as the stars within a constellation can vary depending on the size and shape of the constellation.
12 stars make up the phoenix constellation.
A constellation of stars formed along the sky.
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No - a constellation is simply a pattern of stars that make up a complete object, animal or person.
People in the southern hemisphere often use the Southern Cross constellation to help determine the direction of south. This constellation is easily identifiable and can be used as a navigational tool since its orientation can point towards the south pole.
Not officially, but many people and cultures make up their own names
"Asterism".A lot of people might say "constellation", but technically a constellation is a defined region of the sky. There are many, many more stars in a constellation than just those that make up the asterism for which the constellation is named.
The constellation Camelopardalis consists of many stars, but there is no specific number as the stars within a constellation can vary depending on the size and shape of the constellation.
12 stars make up the phoenix constellation.
Altair in the constellation of Aquila the Eagle, Vega in the constellation of Lyra the Harp and Deneb in the constellation of Cygnus.
A constellation of stars formed along the sky.
Its proper name is Ursa Major which is the Great Bear. The part of it that most people recognise are 7 stars, which are just part of the overall constellation. People refer to them by different names, including the Plough and the Big Dipper. People often use those names to refer to the entire constellation, or think that it is just those 7 stars that form the entire constellation, but there is more to it than those 7 stars.
About the same way that geographers use nations: "This star (city) is in this constellation (nation)," that sort of thing.
A group of two or more stars together make up a constellation.