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Constellations
Constellations have fascinated astronomers for centuries. They are arbitrary formations of stars perceived as a figure or design, especially one of 88 recognized groups named after characters from classical mythology and various common animals and objects. Questions about the various constellations of stars are what this category is all about.
3,677 Questions
What is the smallest constellation?
Crux, a.k.a The Southern Cross, is the smallest constellation in the night sky. It occupies an area of only 68 square degrees.
What are the names of the 16 stars in constellation centaurus?
The constellation has a total of 281 stars in the area defined by the constellation boundary of which only 11 are main stars.
What would a beyblade named after the bunny constellation be called?
Probably the nearest would be Lepus, the Hare. There is no bunny constellation.
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 name
another 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.
Cepheus is located under the North Star. It is not directly underneath it, but when ever you look for Cepeus, you should look for the North Star first, and then a little bit underneath it will be Cepheus. You can see what I mean if you look at maps of the northers night sky.
How many separate events make up a decathlon?
Im guessing 10 separate events. From the root word "deka" which is Greek for 10. The decathlon is a ten event competition spread over two days:
First Day: 100 meter dash, long jump, shot put, high jump, 400 meter run
Second Day: 110 meter hurdles, discus, pole vault, javelin, 1500 meter run
Where is Andromeda in the Orion's belt?
The three stars forming Orion's Belt range from about 5hr30min to 5hr41min in
Right Ascension, and their declinations are are within about 2 degrees of the
celestial equator.
Where you have to look in order to see that part of the sky depends entirely on
your location and the date.
The constellation Gemini is only visible from Earth for several months of the year because?
When the Sun is "in" the constellation of Gemini, that means that from our point of view Gemini is on the other side of the Sun, and is only "visible" while the Sun is up.
Why cannot see all constellations?
If you were on the Equator you would see all of them. Otherwise it depends where you live. I live in New Zealand at latitude 35° S. So I can't see any northern stars closer than 35° to the North Celestial Pole. If you live in the north at say 35°N, then you wouldn't see those stars which are closer than 35° to the South Celestial Pole.
What is the unique about the polaris?
Polaris is situated almost along the axis of the earth's rotation, above the North Pole. As a result, to viewers in the Northern hemisphere, it appears to be stationary above the pole and so acts as a direction finder.
How does the big dipper appear to be moving in relation to the star polaris?
The Dipper appears to rotate in a East to West direction around the celestial North Pole - which is a point that is very close to Polaris.
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Like all stars, Polaris is made of mostly Hydrogen, but since polaris is a red giant it has a considerable ammount of Helium, as well as Carbon, Oxygen, and a number of other elements deep in it's core.
What is the constellation that guides us to the pole star?
Ursa Major, which some people refer to as the great bear or the big dipper.
Due north
Aquarius (pronounced /əˈkwɛəriəs/ is a constellation and the eleventh sign of the zodiac, situated between Capricornus and Pisces. Its name is Latin for water-bearer or cup-bearer, and its symbol is (Unicode ♒), a representation of water. Aquarius is one of the oldest of the recognized constellations along the zodiac (the sun's apparent path). It is found in a region often called the Sea due to its profusion of constellations with watery associations such as Cetus the whale, Pisces the fish and Eridanus the river.
What is the dipper that polaris belongs to?
Ursa Minor, (Little Bear), also known as the tail end of the Little Dipper.
The constellation that contains the pointer stars used to locate Polaris and the North Star is?
Ursa Major is the constellation. The 2 stars in the bowl of the dipper point to Polaris. Polaris IS the North Star.
Does Big Time Rush live California?
In real life, they were all born in CA. In the show, they were born in Minnesota and moved to Ca.
When is it the best time to see Ursa Minor aka The Little Dipper?
At night.
Once it's dark enough, it really doesn't matter; as long as you are north of about 30N, it'll be visible all night.
One problem; the stars in Ursa Minor are all fairly dim. If you are in or near a city, it will be VERY difficult to see. Try going out into the country away from the city lights.
What time of the year is the constellation Sirius visible?
Sirius is a single star, in the constellation Canis Major, just east of Orion.
It's visible at some time of night during roughly 9 months of the year. The
best time of year to see it depends entirely on what time of night you like to
go outside and look. If you're like most people, and do your gazing between
dinnner and bed-time, then Winter and early Spring are the best seasons.
A list of stars from largest to smallest?
Dwarf to giant then to supergiant
Dwarf to giant then to supergiant
the Largest Star in the Galaxy is VY Canis Majoris which sits in Canis Majoris or the greater dog. Along with the brightest star Sirius. There are follow up stars such as VW Cephi A (if my spelling is correct) and WOH G64. There are many others the are along this size.
There are to many stars in our universe to start from beginning to end. The sun is NOT the biggest star in our universe, as of known the Eta Carinae is the biggest star yet.,acualy vy canis majoris is the largest star by far
