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

Charles''s Wain :: Charles's Wain () The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa..

Orion :: Orion (n.) A large and bright constellation on the equator, between the stars Aldebaran and Sirius. It contains a remarkable nebula visible to the naked eye..

Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.

Sextant :: Sextant (n.) The constellation Sextans.

Dolphin :: Dolphin (n.) A small constellation between Aquila and Pegasus. See Delphinus, n., 2..

Hydrus :: Hydrus (n.) A constellation of the southern hemisphere, near the south pole..

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

Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish..

Leonid :: Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.

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

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

Xiphias :: Xiphias (n.) The constellation Dorado.

Cygnus :: Cygnus (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan..

Eagle :: Eagle (n.) A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila..

Taur :: Taur (n.) The constellation Taurus.

Constellation :: Constellation (n.) An assemblage of splendors or excellences.

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

Bear :: Bear (n.) One of two constellations in the northern hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor..

Cynosure :: Cynosure (n.) The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed..

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