What is a constellation and can you name six of them?

Please and Thanks alot!What is a constellation and can you name six of them?A constellation is any grouping of stars that (when connecting the dots) form a picture



Ursa Major (The Big Bear - The Big dipper is in this)

Ursa Minor (The little Bear - The little dipper is in this)

Draco

Orion

The Muses

ScorpioWhat is a constellation and can you name six of them?A constellation is simply a group of stars that form a pattern.

1.Ursa major (big dipper)

2.Ursa minor (little dipper)

3.Libra

4.Virgo

5.Leo

6.Draco (my favorite)What is a constellation and can you name six of them?A constellation is any one of the 88 areas into which the sky - or the celestial sphere - is divided. The term is also often used less formally to denote a group of stars visibly related to each other in a particular configuration or pattern.



Some well-known constellations contain striking and familiar patterns of bright stars. Examples are Ursa Major (containing the Big Dipper), Orion (containing a figure of a hunter), Leo (containing bright stars outlining the form of a lion) and Scorpius (a scorpion). Other constellations do not encompass any discernible star patterns, and contain only faint stars.



The 88 modern Constellations

Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Bo枚tes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Australis | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | VulpeculaWhat is a constellation and can you name six of them?
A constellation is an arbitrary grouping of stars tipically representing mythological characters, animals and objects.



Examples:



Crux

Orion

Scorpius (actually, any zodiac will do)

Canis Major

Corvus

Crater

Vela

Ursa Major

Cassiopea