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Astronomers use Latin names for Constellations. For example, the southern cross is called Crux (the Latin word for cross)
Its a constellation.
The stars in a constellation are not necessarily located near each other in the space.
Example :
the four bright stars in crux are not all the same distance from earth.
The stars in a constellation also differ in brightness, such as some of them are brighter than the others.
Constellations
The stars in the sky are separated into 88 constellations
astronomers. The rest are found in the 17th and 18th century.
Libra
Hercules
Scorpius
Although there are many constellations, each year the sun appears to move through only twelve of them.
These twelve constellations make up the Zodiac.
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Although there are many constellations, each year the sun appears to move through only twelve of them.
These twelve constellations make up the Zodiac.
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To identify the brightness of stars, in 1603 a German astronomer called Johann Bayer thought up a system of naming stars.
Each star in a constellation was given a letter of the Greek alphabet according to its brightness.
Delta
Gamma
ALPHA star
BETA star
The Greek letter was followed by the name of the galaxy in which the star was found.
So, it goes like this in a constellation :
In symbols..
Symbols used in constellation diagrams. Alpha being the brightest, beta second brightest, then comes gamma, delta, epsilon( ) and so on.