Constellations

This is a very good question - the difference between an asterism and constellation is this: a constellation is a pattern of stars that identifies a complete object, animal or character. An asterism is a pattern of stars that is NOT a constellation.

In St. Catherine's, you're at virtually the same identical latitude as the place where I became acquainted with the stars and constellations while growing up ... in Rochester, New York. On some night of the year or other, you can see all of the stars and constellations whose declinations are greater than about - 42 degrees, or almost 3/4 of the entire sky, including all the constellations of the zodiac. At any time on anynight of the year, you can see all of the stars and constellations whose declinations are greater than about + 48 degrees, or about 1/4 of the entire sky. (That assumes that the sky is clear, and you have a clear view of it, right down to the horizon.) Pick up some cheap star charts and start looking up. Here are some great constellations and parts-of-constellations to start with ... they have distinctly recognizable patterns, formed by bright stars. -- Big and Small Dippers, (The North Star at the end of the Little Dipper) -- Cassiopeia (the big ' W ') -- Bootes (the big ice-cream cone) -- Leo (the big reverse question-mark) -- Scorpio, (with great star clouds of the Milky Way in it) -- Northern Cross, (part of the constellation 'Cygnus') -- Square of Pegasus, (and the nearby Andromeda Galaxy) -- Orion (my wife named a star for me in Orion; I need a billion-$ telescope to see it.) -- Taurus -- Plieades, (little cloud of stars, test your eyes, how many can you see ?) -- Canis Major & Minor, (the "dogs"; the nose of the bigger one is the 2nd brightest star in the sky, after the sun)) -- Gemini (the 'twins') Also ... here are some things you can see in the sky that the ancient folks who named the constellations never saw: On the internet, go to [ www.Heavens-Above.com ]. There you'll find very good advance predictions of dates and times when the International Space Station will float over your location, and exactly where to look to see it. The good, bright, visible passes are always in the first few hours after sunset, or the first few hours before sunrise; so you can always get a good look at the ISS that doesn't interfere with bed-time.

No, it is a planet. However, it is called "The Evening Star" as well as "The Morning Star" as that is when is most often seen by the naked eye. A constellation is a visual pattern of stars that seem to be grouped together.

The constellations that border Pegasus are Andomeda, Cygnus, Lacerta, Pisces, Aquarius, Delphinus, Equuleus and Vulpeca.

The Greeks may have modified them, but the Babylonians and Egyptians were ahead of them, at least on the concepts. It is fundamental human nature to try to mentally arrange random dots into patterns, and then assigning meanings to the patterns.

We still do it today. Cloud formations are areas of white and grey, formed by water vapor and condensation nuclei. Have you never seen a horse, or a dragon, or a car shape in the clouds? (When our son was little, my wife used to call them "story clouds". ) It's the same soft of human pattern creation urge that we all have.

The Kiowas believed they received friends in the sky in the form of the Big Dipper during a time of great hardship, around the 1700s. As a tribe, they faced struggles with drought and warfare, and the appearance of the Big Dipper in the sky gave them hope and comfort.

No, Ursa Major, also known as the Big Dipper, is a circumpolar constellation which means it is always visible in the northern hemisphere. It cannot be seen in its entirety from the southern hemisphere.

A constellation is a patch of sky. Asking how far away it is is meaningless. You could ask how far away individual stars are, but there are a lot of stars in Cygnus at many vastly different distances.

Deneb, the brightest star in Cygnus, is a bit of a quandary; it's variable, making its distance difficult to measure. The generally accepted value is about 2600 light years, but the Hipparchos satellite measurement is about half that, at around 1500 light years.

The big dipper are the seven brightest of the formal constellation Ursa Major.

The Big Dipper is a prominent star pattern in the night sky that is part of the Ursa Major constellation. In Greek mythology, it is associated with the story of Callisto, a nymph who was turned into a bear by the goddess Hera. Zeus placed her in the sky to protect her from harm, forming the Big Dipper constellation.

The Pleiades is named after the seven sisters of Greek mythology, the daughters of Atlas (one of the titans) because it was charted that it consisted of seven stars, though of course it only appeared this way before they could be resolved into the thousands that actually make up the cluster. The cluster is also called 'The Seven Sisters' for similar reasons.

the story of Virgo is the same of that in Egyptian, isis, or greek or roman, venus and aphrodite, or in Christianity and catholics, mother Mary the virgin that gave birth

The Orion arm is one of the major arms in the Milky Way galaxy.

One disadvantage of using the North Star to determine direction is that it can only accurately indicate direction in the northern hemisphere. In the southern hemisphere, there is no equivalent bright star to serve as a reliable directional marker.

Having a mark on your leg that looks like the Big Dipper is likely just a coincidence or a unique pattern on your skin. There is no specific meaning or symbolism associated with this mark. If you have any concerns about changes in your skin, it's always a good idea to consult a dermatologist for further evaluation.

The head, mane, and heart of the lion (Regulus) start to rise in the eastern sky at sunset around the middle of February.

From then on, his front half climbs higher in the sky and the rest of the body comes into view as the days go on, since every star reaches the same position in the sky about 4 minutes earlier each night, or about 1 hour earlier every 2 weeks.

We do not use latitude and longitude in the sky. Co-ordinates are given as right ascension and declination. These give positions relative to the First Point of Aries, where the Sun crosses the celestial equator at the vernal equinox, and to the celestial equator. A constellation covers quite a large area of sky so must be given a range of co-ordinates. For Aquila these are RA 18 hours 41 min 18.2958 s to 20 hours 38 min 23.7231 s, and declination 18.6882229 degrees to minus 11.8664360 degrees.

At the end of the year the sun seems to sit in front of the southern cross or crux, during the days dec 23-25 it slowly gets to the lowest point in the sky and on the 24 reaches the lowest point and does not seem to move perceivably, to the ancients they considered this death for the sun , then on the 25 of dec it rises one degree north bringing back the longer days leading to spring.Thus it is said the sun(son) died on the cross and on the 3rd day was resurrected. This is the ancient story of the sun, at a later time a Pope changed the worship to a personified image, (Jesus) if you look back in old books the sun was always depicted as a sun, then after what is called the great error in time, they replaced the Sun with a personified picture of a man Jesus (son)A large part of the Christian text have more to do with astrology than anything else but people are not taught this much anymore because most Christians don't realize where the Story Of Jesus originated , The Wheel Of the Zodiac is the Same Idea in an older form, The Sun in the middle , circled by the 12 constellations, is represented in the bible as Jesus(son) with his 12 Diciples. It is sad that most priest and pastors have no idea of the true meanings in the bible. Most of the religions on the planet have been altered to the point that you cant see there Pagan Roots unless studied, Most Large religions in the world today are directly linked to The Pagan or the (mystery) religion so it is called. Because of the deception involved. Alot of people practice certain types of religion thinking it means one thing but its Origins are very pagan. The Churches don't want people to learn history beyond 2ooo years ago or they start to realize the story has been altered to fit modern times , ect... The fish that Christians put on there Cars for examples to them represents Jesus, but in reality the sign of the Fish is a pagan sign for the age of Pisces the fish. That's why I call it a Deception The true meaning have been covered up and millions of people think it means something else but anyone can look that up and see that it is a pagan symbol.

The question is essentially meaningless. Some constellations are composed of only faint stars and are therefore hard to see; some are around the South Pole and not visible from Florida at all, but there really is no such thing as the "most visible" constellation.

To the extent the question makes any sense, one might answer Canis Majoris, which contains the brightest star in the night sky and is visible for about half of the year from Florida. Another good answer might be Ursa Major, which has several fairly bright stars and is visible year-round.

The constellation that is shaped like a bull is Taurus. It is one of the twelve zodiac constellations and is known for its V-shaped cluster of stars that represents the bull's head.

The swan constellation is Cygnus, which is visible in the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere. It is known for its distinct cross shape formed by its brightest stars, including Deneb and Albireo. Cygnus is often referred to as the Northern Cross due to its shape.

It's pronounced

SEER-ees.

The name of the Roman equivalent of Demeter, goddess of the harvest. Her name is where the English language gets "cereal".

The constellation Orion is located along the celestial equator, so its declination can range from about -10 degrees to +25 degrees. The latitude of Orion in the night sky changes depending on the observer's location on Earth.

Constellations do not have temperatures. They are made up of individual stars that may seem to be close together as viewed from Earth, but the individual stars are usually separated by very great distances.