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

Water-bearer :: Water-bearer (n.) The constellation Aquarius.

Serpentarius :: Serpentarius (n.) A constellation on the equator, lying between Scorpio and Hercules; -- called also Ophiuchus..

Rigel :: Rigel (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the left foot of the constellation Orion.

Septentrio :: Septentrio (n.) The constellation Ursa Major.

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

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

Fomalhaut :: Fomalhaut (n.) A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis Australis, or Southern Fish..

Hercules :: Hercules (n.) A constellation in the northern hemisphere, near Lyra..

Cosmosphere :: Cosmosphere (n.) An apparatus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe..

Scale :: Scale (n.) The sign or constellation Libra.

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..

Constellate :: Constellate (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens..

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

Harp :: Harp (n.) A constellation; Lyra, or the Lyre..

Serpens :: Serpens (n.) A constellation represented as a serpent held by Serpentarius.

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.

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

Swang :: Swan (n.) The constellation Cygnus.

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..