Definition of stellation

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Stellated (a.) Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers..

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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..
Crab :: Crab (n.) The zodiacal constellation Cancer.
Scale :: Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra.
Spica :: Spica (n.) A star of the first magnitude situated in the constellation Virgo.
Hyads :: Hyads (n.pl.) A cluster of five stars in the face of the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the coming of rainy weather when they rose with the sun..
Enumerate :: Enumerate (v. t.) To count; to tell by numbers; to count over, or tell off one after another; to number; to reckon up; to mention one by one; to name over; to make a special and separate account of; to recount; as, to enumerate the stars in a constellation..
Pisces :: Pisces (n. pl.) A zodiacal constellation, including the first point of Aries, which is the vernal equinoctial point; the Fish..
Charioteer :: Charioteer (n.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones..
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Draconic :: Draconic (a.) Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood..
Crater :: Crater (n.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.
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..
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..
Lupus :: Lupus (n.) The Wolf, a constellation situated south of Scorpio..
Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..
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..
Sickle :: Sickle (n.) A group of stars in the constellation Leo. See Illust. of Leo.
Triangle :: Triangle (n.) A small constellation situated between Aries and Andromeda.
Water-bearer :: Water-bearer (n.) The constellation Aquarius.
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