Constellations

Ptolemy charted 48 constellations in his work known as the Almagest. These constellations were based on the knowledge of the time and laid the foundation for modern astronomy. Some of the constellations he charted include Ursa Major, Orion, and Leo.

This is the order from smallest stars to the biggest stars: Alpha Centauri, Procyon, Vega, Pollux, Polaris, and Deneb. These are the size(diameter) of them; though the size of the stars are not 100% accurate so they are likely to be predicted. Alpha Centauri is 1,527,000 Procyon is 2,652,000 Vega is 3,827,000 Pollux is 11,617,000 Polaris is 44,217,000 and Deneb is 203,000,000

The constellation Orion has been observable in the night sky for thousands of years. It is one of the oldest and most recognized constellations, mentioned in ancient texts and depicted in cave drawings. Orion is typically visible during the winter months in the Northern Hemisphere.

It isn't, really. It is the nearest star that's similar to our own Sun. (The one star closer, Proxima Centauri, is a red dwarf too small to be seen with the naked eye.) Other than that, there are probably a billion other stars in the Milky Way just like it.

Orion's Belt is called so because it is a prominent and distinct line of three stars in the constellation Orion that are located close together and roughly aligned. In ancient mythology, Orion was a mighty hunter, and the three stars were said to represent his belt or waistband. The name stuck over time due to the easy visual recognition of the three stars in a straight line.

The Big Dipper is a prominent asterism in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a group of stars visible from Earth and is not a part of the solar system, which consists of the Sun, planets, and other celestial bodies orbiting the Sun.

Cassiopeia's husband is King Cepheus. In Greek mythology, they were the parents of Andromeda.

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The Seven Sisters, or The Pleiades, isn't a constellation. It's an open cluster of many, many stars - therefore each one has it's own magnitude. However, the open cluster itself has a combined apparent magnitude of 1.6

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To determine a southerly direction using the Southern Cross, locate the constellation in the night sky and draw an imaginary line from the two pointer stars (Alpha and Beta Centauri) towards the ground. Then, extend this line about 4.5 times the distance between the pointer stars to find the south celestial pole, which points true south in the Southern Hemisphere.

A star's altitude is the angle measured vertically from the horizon to the star's position in the sky. It indicates how high or low the star appears in the sky from a specific location on Earth. The altitude of a star changes as it progresses across the sky due to Earth's rotation.

'Ursa Minor' or 'little bear'.

1. It's not a constellation.

2. It's an asterism, which happens to be PART of a constellation, the Great Bear.

3. Asterisms can also be BIGGER than constellations and include several of them, as the "Summer Triangle" includes the Lyre, the Swan and the Eagle.

4. It's used to find the North Star, but this won't always be the case.

4a. For one thing, the Earth's slow wobble (called "precession") means in a few thousand years, Polaris won't be the North Star any more;

4b. For another, the proper motion of the stars of the Dipper means that the "pointer" stars won't always be pointing to Polaris.

5. Many cultures recognize the Big Dipper, but they call it different things: sometimes it's a drinking gourd (Africa); a bear (!) pursued by three Indians (America) or a wagon (Europe) or a plough (also Europe).

No.

All circumpolar constellations are found near the celestial poles. Because of their proximity to the poles, they never disappear from view. Sagittarius is on the ecliptic and thus (like all other zodiac constellations) not close enough to the poles to render it circumpolar.

Northville, MI is at 42 degrees, 26 minutes North. The altitude of the North Star is between 42 degrees and 43 degrees, depending on the time. (Polaris isn't exactly at the North Pole; it is about 1/2 degree off.)

A constellation is basically a general direction in the sky - you see a group of relatively bright stars, for example the Southern Cross in the shape of a cross, but any other stars in that direction are also said to be part of the Southern Cross - trillions of stars, most of them not visible with the naked eye.

There is no specific griffin star constellation in mainstream astronomy. Constellations are patterns of stars identified and named by civilizations throughout history, and they typically do not include mythical creatures like griffins.

Two stars in the constellation Orion are said to represent a pair of drums in Japanese culture. These stars are Alnilam and Mintaka, which are located in the belt of Orion.

A constellation is basically a direction in the sky. The further you go (or the weaker the stars you include in your count), the more stars you will find.

A constellation is basically a direction in the sky. The further you go (or the weaker the stars you include in your count), the more stars you will find.

A constellation is basically a direction in the sky. The further you go (or the weaker the stars you include in your count), the more stars you will find.

A constellation is basically a direction in the sky. The further you go (or the weaker the stars you include in your count), the more stars you will find.

The Big Dipper is visible in Montana year-round, but it is most prominent during the spring and summer months. The best time to see it is during the late evening or early morning hours when it is higher in the sky and easier to spot.

The closest constellation to Earth is Centaurus, which is approximately 4.39 light-years away. This constellation is located in the southern celestial hemisphere and contains several bright stars, including Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to the Sun.

"Magnitude" is usually indicated for individual stars, not for an entire constellation like Eridanus. You could add the magnitude of the 100 or 1000 brightest stars or so, for any constellation (after converting from the magnitude scale, which is logarithmic, to a linear scale), but since this serves no real purpose, this is not something that you find published anywhere.