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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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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..

Cassiopeia :: Cassiopeia (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Cepheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabulous king of Ethiopia..

Spica :: Spica (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.

Scorpion :: Scorpion (n.) A sign and constellation. See Scorpio.

Ophiuchus :: Ophiuchus (n.) A constellation in the Northern Hemisphere, delineated as a man holding a serpent in his hands; -- called also Serpentarius..

Libra :: Libra (n.) A southern constellation between Virgo and Scorpio.

Bull :: Bull (n.) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.

Pleiades :: Pleiades (n. pl.) A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus.

Algol :: Algol (n.) A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness..

Leo :: Leo (n.) A northern constellation east of Cancer, containing the bright star Regulus at the end of the handle of the Sickle..

Ram :: Ram (n.) The constellation Aries, which does not now, as formerly, occupy the sign of the same name..

Delphinus :: Delphinus (n.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila..

Subcontract :: Subconstellation (n.) A subordinate constellation.

Gemini :: Gemini (n. pl.) A constellation of the zodiac, containing the two bright stars Castor and Pollux; also, the third sign of the zodiac, which the sun enters about May 20th..

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..

Zodiac :: Zodiac (n.) An imaginary belt in the heavens, 16? or 18? broad, in the middle of which is the ecliptic, or sun's path. It comprises the twelve constellations, which one constituted, and from which were named, the twelve signs of the zodiac..

Formed :: Formed (a.) Arranged, as stars in a constellation; as, formed stars..

Pleiades :: Pleiades (n. pl.) The seven daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky..

Musca :: Musca (n.) A small constellation situated between the Southern Cross and the Pole.

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..