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Jul 9, 2024 · Constellations are groups of stars that look like a shape in the sky. Learn how they change with the seasons, how they are used in astronomy and astrology, and how NASA uses them to navigate space.
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Jul 15, 2024 · Learn how ancient humans created and named constellations to tell stories and navigate the night sky. Find out how to identify and observe the 88 official constellations in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
3 days ago · The Pleiades (/ ˈ p l iː. ə d iː z, ˈ p l eɪ-, ˈ p l aɪ-/), also known as the Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and other names given by different cultures reflects an observed pattern formed by those stars, in an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.
Jul 4, 2024 · The list of all the named stars (stars with names that have been formally approved by the IAU), with name origins and etymologies explained.
1 day ago · Stellarium Web is a planetarium running in your web browser. It shows a realistic star map, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
2 days ago · The most prominent stars have been categorised into constellations and asterisms, and many of the brightest stars have proper names. Astronomers have assembled star catalogues that identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar designations .
Jul 17, 2024 · Formed by three first-magnitude stars – Vega, Altair, and Deneb, the brightest stars in the constellations Lyra, Aquila, and Cygnus – the asterism can easily be seen even from light-polluted areas.
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