triangle and forming the altitude of the triangle. Two small constellations, Sagitta and Vulpecula, lie between Aquila in the south of the triangle and...
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defining vertices at Arcturus, Spica, and Regulus. This triangle connects the constellations of Boötes, Virgo, and Leo. It is visible in the evening rising...
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Triangulum (redirect from Triangulum constellation)
small constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for "triangle", derived from its three brightest stars, which form a long and narrow triangle. Known...
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Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism. The constellation is best seen in the northern summer, as it is located along...
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the three constellations of Canis Major, Orion, and Canis Minor, respectively. For much of the night in the northern winter, the Winter Triangle is high...
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contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Each constellation is a region of the sky bordered...
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Triangulum Australe (redirect from Triangulum Australe constellation)
Triangulum Australe is a small constellation in the far Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its name is Latin for "the southern triangle", which distinguishes it...
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celestial hemisphere. It is one of the 88 modern constellations; it was among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy. It is...
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Capricornus (redirect from Capricornus constellation)
Capricornus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "horned goat" or "goat horn" or "having horns like a goat's", and it is commonly...
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"tail star" and one corner of the Summer Triangle the constellation forming an east pointing altitude of the triangle. It also has some notable X-ray sources...
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Asterism (astronomy) (category Constellations)
in the Taurus constellation and the Alpha Persei Cluster (with Alcyone and Mirfak as the brightest stars). The northern Spring Triangle consists of Arcturus...
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Karpman drama triangle is a social model of human interaction proposed by San Francisco psychiatrist Stephen B. Karpman in 1968. The triangle maps a type...
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Leo /ˈliːoʊ/ is one of the constellations of the zodiac, between Cancer the crab to the west and Virgo the maiden to the east. It is located in the Northern...
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Indus is a constellation in the southern sky first professionally surveyed by Europeans in the 1590s and mapped on a globe by Petrus Plancius by early...
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western constellation in modern Chinese is 三角座 (sān jiǎo zuò), meaning "the triangle constellation". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Triangulum...
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Former constellations are old historical Western constellations that for various reasons are no longer widely recognised or are not officially recognised...
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Vulpecula (redirect from Vulpecula constellation)
Triangle (an asterism consisting of the bright stars Deneb, Vega, and Altair). There are no stars brighter than 4th magnitude in this constellation....
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Lyra (redirect from Lyra constellation)
LY-rə) is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 88 constellations recognized by...
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/ˈɡruːs/) is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a type of bird. It is one of twelve constellations conceived by Petrus...
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Fornax (redirect from Fornax constellation)
Fornax is one of the 88 modern constellations. The three brightest stars—Alpha, Beta and Nu Fornacis—form a flattened triangle facing south. With an apparent...
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western constellation in modern Chinese is 南三角座 (nán sān jiǎo zuò), meaning "the southern triangle constellation". The map of Chinese constellation in constellation...
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Winter Hexagon (redirect from The Winter Triangle)
south. Smaller and more regularly shaped is the Winter Triangle, an approximately equilateral triangle that shares two vertices (Sirius and Procyon) with...
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Monoceros (redirect from Monoceros constellation)
Monoceros (Greek: Μονόκερως, "unicorn") is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its definition is attributed to the 17th-century cartographer...
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Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation...
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Southern Hemisphere spring. Most of the constellation lies within, and can be located by, forming a triangle of the bright stars Achernar, Fomalhaut and...
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resulting constellation Hydra et Crater. Most of these stars lie in Hydra. The three brightest stars—Delta, Alpha, and Gamma Crateris—form a triangle located...
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Northern Cross (asterism) (category Cygnus (constellation))
hemisphere of the celestial sphere, corresponding closely with the constellation Cygnus the swan. It is much larger than the Southern Cross and consists...
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used to form the triangle with Achernar and the pole. In this case, go anticlockwise from Achernar instead of clockwise, form the triangle with Canopus,...
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Coma Berenices (redirect from Coma Berenices constellation)
corroborated as a constellation by Gerardus Mercator and Tycho Brahe. It is the only modern constellation named for a historic person. The constellation's major stars...
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Apus (redirect from Apus constellation)
the constellation's borders, there are 39 stars brighter than or equal to apparent magnitude 6.5. Beta, Gamma and Delta Apodis form a narrow triangle, with...
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