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Constellations are groupings of stars as they are viewed, along a line-of-sight at a constant azimuth and elevation in the sky.

This category identifies the 88 constellations currently recognised (areas of the sky) by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), plus some further subcategories.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Category:Constellations” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.