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Asterisms (astronomy)

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pattern of stars recognized on Earth's night sky

pattern of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major

Asterism of four stars in the constellation Aquarius

Summer Triangle

Winter Triangle

asterism in the form of an approximately equilateral trangle formed by Sirius, Betelgeuse and Procyon

asterism in the constellation Taurus

Asterism in the constellation Aquila

asterism in the constellation Aquila

open star cluster

Spring Triangle

Brocchi's Cluster

Asterism of 10 stars in the constellation Vulpecula

asterism in the constellation Orion

Kemble's Cascade

asterism in the constellation Camelopardalis

group of fairly widely scattered stars in the constellation Orion that constitute the asterism Orion's Shield or Orion's Bow

astronomical asterism in the northern hemisphere celestial sphere

thumb|upright=1.35|'Diagonal star table' from the late Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt|Eleventh Dynasty coffin lid; found at [[Asyut, Egypt. Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim]] The decans (; ) are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each, both for theurgical and heliacal chronometrical purposes. The decans each appeared, geocentrically, to rise consecutively on the horizon throughout each daily Earth rotation. The rising of each decan marked the beginning of a new decanal "hour"

asterism in the constellation Carina

asterism in the constellation Draco

Open Cluster in the constellation Scutum