Sentences with word «asterism»

In my 32 mm eyepiece with a true field of view of 46 ′, the cluster and the nebulosity lie at the end of an S - shaped asterism of stars, which can be identified easily.

Cygnus is one of the most recognizable constellations of the northern summer and autumn, featuring a prominent asterism known as the Northern Cross (in contrast to the Southern Cross), dominated by Deneb (Alfa Cygni), a blue - white supergiant star of visual magnitude 1.3, very bright despite its distance of some 3200 light year from Earth.

Messier 70 (M70) is a globular cluster located inside the Teapot asterism in the southern constellation Sagittarius.

The Andromeda Galaxy is pretty easy to find as it lies between two prominent asterisms, the W in Cassiopeia and the Great Square of Pegasus.

The constellation is known for the Great Square of Pegasus, a familiar asterism in the northern sky, as well as for a number of bright stars and deep sky objects, among them Messier 15 (NGC 7078, Cumulo de Pegaso), Stephan's Quintet of galaxies, the Einstein Cross (a gravitationally lensed quasar), and the unbarred spiral galaxy NGC 7742.

Mesmerizing and counter-intuitive, the pendulum swings back and forth while the three asterisms spin and twirl through the air.

The modern asterisms are bright and simple, and they dispense with old, largely unfamiliar mythologies.

[36] The Pointers easily distinguish the true Southern Cross from the fainter asterism known as the False Cross.

The Teapot is one of the most easily recognizable asterisms.

I chose a favorite calligraphy - inspired font called Asterism for the front of the card and decided to use hot pink text to match the grosgrain ribbon.

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A constellation cart In a darkening sky, Like a Big Dipper asterism To the naked eye.

Under considerably dark skies, M24 is easily located with the unaided eye as a Milky Way star cloud in Northern Sagittarius, i.e. well «above» the teapot asterism and just north of Mu Sagittarii; under less favorable conditions the slightest optical aid will confirm it.

Technically these other star patterns are asterisms, but psychologically they are the most real constellations of all — the ones that reflect current sensibilities and that show up well in light - polluted skies.

The Little Dipper is another, much fainter, asterism and includes Polaris (the North Star) at the end of its handle.

The first part of Michael Bakich's work may be regarded as a book of lists: of the present constellations, asterisms (star clusters) contained within them, brightest stars, nearest stars, «extinct» constellations, new constellations and the men that created them (as far as I know, no woman has named a constellation) and star names.

It's an asterism — made up of stars borrowed from three separate groupings.

The cluster lies between the constellation Crux and the larger but fainter «False Cross» asterism.

Tolimân is Golius» latinization of the Arabic name الظلمان al - Ẓulmān «the ostriches», the name of an asterism of which Alpha Centauri formed the main star.

Together, Alpha and Beta Centauri form the «Southern Pointers» or «The Pointers», as they point towards the Southern Cross, the asterism of the constellation of Crux.

In Standard Mandarin Chinese, 南門 Nán Mén, meaning Southern Gate, refers to an asterism consisting of α Centauri and ε Centauri.

Along with four other stars in this well - known asterism, Phecda forms a loose association of stars known as the Ursa Major moving group.

An excellent binocular object, the Pleiades or the seven sisters was an asterism known to the ancients.

In Chinese, 北斗 (Běi Dǒu), meaning Northern Dipper, refers to an asterism consisting of Gamma Ursae Majoris, Alpha Ursae Majoris, Beta Ursae Majoris, Delta Ursae Majoris, Epsilon Ursae Majoris, Zeta Ursae Majoris and Eta Ursae Majoris.

60 Sagittarii (or A Sagittarii) is a G - type giant at the northwest corner of the asterism, approximately 340 light years away.

Lambda Sagittarii marks the handle of the Teapot asterism (see below) and points to the famous interstellar cloud, the Lagoon Nebula.

She is a founding member of Colectivo Grupo and co-founder and editor of Asteroid and Asterism.