The constellations change slowly, over thousands of years, due to the proper motion of the stars with respect to the Sun. The main cause of these motions is the orbit of the stars around the centre of our Galaxy (with or without dark matter). This video shows these changes for the constellation of Ursa Major …
Covering 1121 square degrees, Pegasus is the seventh-largest of the 88 constellations. Pegasus is bordered by Andromeda to the north and east, Lacerta to the north, Cygnus to the northwest, Vulpecula, Delphinus and Equuleus to the west, Aquarius to the south and Pisces to the south and east. Alpha (Markab), Beta (Scheat), and Gamma (Algenib), …
The Orion constellation consists of seven or eight bright stars (and several faint stars). Thus, the Orion constellation can be drawn either with seven stars or with eight stars. The arrangement of stars in Orion constellation is supposed to resemble a ‘hunter’ in the kneeling position. (1) The star marked 1 represents the head of …
The three stars that make up Orion’s Belt are part of the constellation Orion, the Hunter. What constellations are near Orion’s Belt? According to In-The-Sky. Org, the constellations of Eridanus, Gemini, Lepus, Monoceros and Taurus are all near Orion’s Belt. Another popular query is “What Constellation is Orion?”. Orion is the most instantly recognisable of …
Arguably the constellation Centaurus is the closes to Earth. Constellations are patterns of stars as viewed from Earth. The individual stars of a constellation are typically at very different distances from Earth. In fact over time the constellations change shape as the solar system and stars move through the galaxy. Some believe that The Sun …
Well – the sun is in the Orion arm (so scientists think). The next arm “out” is the Perseus arm and the one inside is the Carina-Sagittarius arm. But this doesn’t mean we are “in” the constellation Orion – the Orion arm is simply a name given to the arm we are in as it’s …
Betelgeuse is the tenth brightest star in the night sky and the second brightest star found in the constellation Orion, located at the eastern shoulder of the hunter. At near-infrared wavelengths, however, the rust-colored star is the brightest star in the sky. It is a distinctly reddish semiregular variable star whose apparent magnitude, varying between …
A constellation is defined as a cluster of stars, or stars which appear to be near each other in the heavens, and which astronomers have reduced to certain figures (as the “Great Bear,” the “Bull,” etc.) for the sake of classification and memory. A constellation is a group of stars that looks like a particular …
Near the equator, there are no circumpolar stars. With the celestial poles on the horizon, all stars appear to rise in the east and set in the west for observers at the equator. Observers can never see all 88 constellations from a single location on Earth. When I was reading we ran into the question …
Constellations are formed of bright stars which appear close to each other on the sky, but are really far apart in space. Because of the rotation of the Earth and its orbit around the Sun, we divide the constellations into two groups. Some constellations never rise nor set, and they are called circumpolar . It …