Constellations

One major constellation in the fall sky is Pegasus. It is known for its distinctive "Great Square" asterism and is easily visible in the Northern Hemisphere during the autumn months. Pegasus is located near the celestial equator and contains several notable deep-sky objects, including the Andromeda Galaxy.

The question is vague. There are many stars called "pointer" stars. For example, two of the stars in Ursa Major lie along a line that passes very near Polaris. A completely different set of stars in Ursa Major form an arc that passes near Regulus. There are plenty of other such astronomical coincidences.

You can find several lists (alphabetical, and by category) here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constellations

You can find several lists (alphabetical, and by category) here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constellations

You can find several lists (alphabetical, and by category) here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constellations

You can find several lists (alphabetical, and by category) here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_constellations

Betelgeuse marks the "Hunter's" right shoulder. For a northern-Hemisphere observer

viewing the constellation, it's the bright, reddish star in the upper-left corner of Orion's

main rectangle.

Blue photons are higher-energy than red photons. The equations governing the emission of light based solely on temperature state that an object giving off primarily blue light is hotter than one giving off primarily red light.

I have been unable to find a definitive temperature for the star Azha or Eta Eridani. It is an orange giant star of spectral type K0 III or K1 III.

This puts the surface temperature of between 3,700 Kelvin and 5,200 Kelvin. Other star with similar spectral type is Pollox (Beta Geminorium) K0 III at 4,865 Kelvin.

Megrez is a star in the constellation Ursa Major and is classified as a main sequence star with a spectral type of A3. Its estimated size is about 1.7 times the radius of the Sun.

The constellations are in the same place every night. Their placement is perfectly timed with the earth's rotation on a twenty-four hour cycle. BUT the earth changes the time of day by about 18 minutes every day. As the earth goes around the sun the position of the sun changes in the sky. So after six months night-time is now twelve hours behind where it was before and you are looking at the other side of the sky. Check-out sidereal day.

The constellation that contains the Big Dipper is Ursa Major, also known as the Great Bear. To find the star Arcturus, you can follow the arc of the handle of the Big Dipper and it will lead you to this bright, orange giant star in the constellation Boötes.

The apparent visual magnitude of Beta Herculis is 2.81. It has been known since 1899 that it is in fact a binary star, and modern measurements (including satellite telescope) have resolved the motions and apparent sizes of the two bodies.

Northern circumpolar constellations revolve around the north celestial pole in a counterclockwise manner. They never seem to rise or set, in regards to the horizon. Every 24 hours they seem to complete a revolution around Polaris, the North Star. Because the Earth is a sphere, the number of circumpolar constellations that one sees depends on one's location from the North Pole. At the North Pole, every constellation in the night sky is circumpolar. Below the equator, one cannot see a single circumpolar constellation.

These are the common circumpolar constellations of 40-50 degrees N latitude:

Ursa Major

Ursa Minor

Cassiopeia

Cepheus

Draco

From Rutland, Massachusetts, you should be able to see various constellations throughout the year, including popular ones like Orion, Ursa Major (home to the Big Dipper), and Cassiopeia. The visibility of constellations will depend on factors like light pollution and time of year.

Around 90 light years away. There is no exact answer because the stars that make up the big dipper are different distances from the sun.

Name and distance of the stars that make up the Big Dipper.

Mizar 78 light years

Merak 79 light years

Megrez 81 light years

Alioth 81 light years

Phecda 84 light years

Alkaid 101 light years

Dubhe 124 light years

The mythical creature the Centaur, half horse half man.Centaurus has traditionally been identified as a centaur, a mythological creature, half man, half horse. According to the Roman poet Ovid the constellation honors the centaur Chiron, who was tutor to many of the earlier Greek heroes including Heracles (Hercules), Theseus, and Jason, the leader of the Argonauts. However, most authorities consider Sagittarius to be the civilized Chiron, while Centaurus represents a more uncouth member of the species.

That is the idea that at some very early stage of its development (a fraction of a second after the Big Bang), the Universe expanded extremely fast.

That is the idea that at some very early stage of its development (a fraction of a second after the Big Bang), the Universe expanded extremely fast.

That is the idea that at some very early stage of its development (a fraction of a second after the Big Bang), the Universe expanded extremely fast.

That is the idea that at some very early stage of its development (a fraction of a second after the Big Bang), the Universe expanded extremely fast.

Ursa Minor is a star constellation. As such, one cannot think of it in terms of how far it is from earth because the stars that make up the constellation are not located in the same area of space.

The Sun can not reveal a constellation that it is transiting through. If the Sun is actually in Taurus, this would be during the day time and the constellation would not be visible. At night the Sun is on the opposite side of the zodiac so the opposite sign (Scorpio) would be visible in the night sky.

In most cases stars in constellations only appear close to one another because they are in the same direction in the sky even tho they may be 100's of light years apart.

The classic example is the constellation of Centaurus. Alpha Centauri is only 4.3 light years away where as it's "close neighbour" Beta Centauri is 350ly away.

A way of demonstrating this is to close one eye and hold 1 finger on each hand at arms length and the other half way between your 1st finger and your eye. They appear close to each other but are in fact a distance apart.

The 'Pole Star' is the last star at the end of the little dipper's handle.

If you look at the little dipper at a few different times, and keep track of the position in which it appears each time,
you'll see that it spins around like the hand of a clock, as if the end of the handle is nailed down. That star at the
end of the handle is the 'Pole Star' or 'North Star' or 'Polaris'. It's very close to the point in the sky that Earth's north pole
points to; so everything in the sky appears to rotate daily around that star.

The Virgo constellation does not have a single discoverer as its stars have been known and observed since ancient times. The constellation was first cataloged by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century.

The Greek constellation that is similar to the Japanese constellation of a drum is the constellation of Lyra, representing a harp in Greek mythology. In Japanese astronomy, this constellation is also known as the "Tairyo-bata," or the "Big Dipper." Both constellations are traditionally associated with musical instruments.

Acubens, Alpha Cancri A, is approximately 174 light years from Earth.

Alnitak is a very interesting star, because it is not one, but three stars. The main star, Alnitak Aa, is a type 09.5 blue supergiant that is orbited at 11 Astronomical Units (roughly the distance at which Saturn orbits the Sun) by a type O blue dwarf that astronomers call Alnitak Ab. This binary star system is orbited at 680 AUs (roughly the distance of the inner Ort Cloud from the Sun) by the bluish-white type B0 Alnitak B.