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Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.

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

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

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..

Particular :: Particular (a.) Relating to a part or portion of anything; concerning a part separated from the whole or from others of the class; separate; sole; single; individual; specific; as, the particular stars of a constellation..

Argo :: Argo (n.) A large constellation in the southern hemisphere, called also Argo Navis. In modern astronomy it is replaced by its three divisions, Carina, Puppis, and Vela..

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..

Twin :: Twin (n.) A sign and constellation of the zodiac; Gemini. See Gemini.

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

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..

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

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

Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A small constellation near the South Pole, containing three bright stars..

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

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..

Centaur :: Centaur (n.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

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

Sextans :: Sextans (n.) A constellation on the equator south of Leo; the Sextant.

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..

Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow..

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