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Definition of constellation

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Constellation (n.) A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included..

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Charioteer :: Charioteer (n.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones..

Pegasus :: Pegasus (n.) A northen constellation near the vernal equinoctial point. Its three brightest stars, with the brightest star of Andromeda, form the square of Pegasus..

Taurus :: Taurus (n.) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran..

Serpens :: Serpens (n.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

Castor :: Castor (n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux..

Dog Star :: Dog Star () Sirius, a star of the constellation Canis Major, or the Greater Dog, and the brightest star in the heavens; -- called also Canicula, and, in astronomical charts, / Canis Majoris. See Dog days..

Monoceros :: Monoceros (n.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion..

Wagoner :: Wagoner (n.) The constellation Charles's Wain, or Ursa Major. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

Capricorn :: Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish..

Hare :: Hare (n.) A small constellation situated south of and under the foot of Orion; Lepus.

Mira :: Mira (n.) A remarkable variable star in the constellation Cetus (/ Ceti).

Lyra :: Lyra (n.) A northern constellation, the Harp, containing a white star of the first magnitude, called Alpha Lyrae, or Vega..

Hercules :: Hercules (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra..

Cepheus :: Cepheus (n.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia..

Hydra :: Hydra (n.) A southern constellation of great length lying southerly from Cancer, Leo, and Virgo..

Arctic :: Arctic (a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature..

Intersidereal :: Intersidereal (a.) Between or among constellations or stars; interstellar.

Pollux :: Pollux (n.) A fixed star of the second magnitude, in the constellation Gemini. Cf. 3d Castor..

Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..

Astroscope :: Astroscope (n.) An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated..