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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="صورة نجمية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="صورة نجمية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B7%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%8F)" title="Астэрызм (астраномія) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Астэрызм (астраномія)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D1%8A%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Астеризъм (астрономия) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Астеризъм (астрономия)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisme" title="Asterisme – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Asterisme" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8)" title="Астеризм (астрономи) – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Астеризм (астрономи)" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismus_(astronomie)" title="Asterismus (astronomie) – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Asterismus (astronomie)" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismu" title="Asterismu – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Asterismu" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisme" title="Asterisme – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Asterisme" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q70894304 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismus_(Astronomie)" title="Asterismus (Astronomie) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Asterismus (Astronomie)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism" title="Asterism – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Asterism" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismo" title="Asterismo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Asterismo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stelaro" title="Stelaro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Stelaro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismo" title="Asterismo – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Asterismo" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87" title="صورتواره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="صورتواره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ast%C3%A9risme" title="Astérisme – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Astérisme" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A9altachas" title="Réaltachas – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Réaltachas" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismo" title="Asterismo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Asterismo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%B1%EA%B5%B0" title="성군 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="성군" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterizam" title="Asterizam – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Asterizam" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisma_(astronomi)" title="Asterisma (astronomi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Asterisma (astronomi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismo" title="Asterismo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Asterismo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%96%D7%9D_(%D7%90%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%94)" title="אסטריזם (אסטרונומיה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אסטריזם (אסטרונומיה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%96%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ასტერიზმი (ასტრონომია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ასტერიზმი (ასტრონომია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismus" title="Asterismus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Asterismus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisms" title="Asterisms – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Asterisms" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismus_(Astronomie)" title="Asterismus (Astronomie) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Asterismus (Astronomie)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterizmas_(astronomija)" title="Asterizmas (astronomija) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Asterizmas (astronomija)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisme" title="Asterisme – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Asterisme" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csillagalakzat" title="Csillagalakzat – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Csillagalakzat" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC" title="Астеризам – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Астеризам" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%82" title="നക്ഷത്രരൂപം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="നക്ഷത്രരൂപം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisme_(astronomi)" title="Asterisme (astronomi) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Asterisme (astronomi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisme_(sterrenkunde)" title="Asterisme (sterrenkunde) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Asterisme (sterrenkunde)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A0" title="アステリズム – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アステリズム" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisme" title="Asterisme – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Asterisme" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterizm" title="Asterizm – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Asterizm" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteryzm_(astronomia)" title="Asteryzm (astronomia) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Asteryzm (astronomia)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterismo_(astronomia)" title="Asterismo (astronomia) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Asterismo (astronomia)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism" title="Asterism – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Asterism" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Астеризм (астрономия) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Астеризм (астрономия)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC" title="Астеризм – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Астеризм" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)" title="Asterism (astronomy) – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Asterism (astronomy)" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterizmus" title="Asterizmus – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Asterizmus" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterizem" title="Asterizem – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Asterizem" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC_(%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Астеризам (астрономија) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Астеризам (астрономија)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" 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The bright stars together are identified as the asterism <a href="/wiki/Brocchi%27s_Cluster" title="Brocchi's Cluster">Coathanger</a> resembling a <a href="/wiki/Clothes_hanger#The_"Coathanger"" title="Clothes hanger">coathanger</a>, in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Vulpecula" title="Vulpecula">Vulpecula</a>.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Asterism_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Asterism (disambiguation)">Asterism</a>.</div> <p>An <b>asterism</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Observational_astronomy" title="Observational astronomy">observed</a> pattern or group of <a href="/wiki/Star" title="Star">stars</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Sky" title="Sky">sky</a>. Asterisms can be any identified pattern or group of stars, and therefore are a more general concept than the <a href="/wiki/IAU_designated_constellations" title="IAU designated constellations">88 formally defined</a> <a href="/wiki/Constellations" class="mw-redirect" title="Constellations">constellations</a>. Constellations are based on asterisms, but unlike asterisms, constellations outline and today completely divide the sky and all its celestial objects into regions around their central asterisms.<sup id="cite_ref-EtyDictAstro2_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EtyDictAstro2-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-EtyDictAstro1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EtyDictAstro1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For example, the asterism known as the <a href="/wiki/Big_Dipper" title="Big Dipper">Big Dipper or the Plough</a> comprises the seven brightest stars in the constellation <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a>. Another asterism is the <a href="/wiki/Triangle" title="Triangle">triangle</a>, within the constellation of <a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a>. </p><p>Asterisms range from simple shapes of just a few stars to more complex collections of many stars covering large portions of the sky. The stars themselves may be bright naked-eye objects or fainter, even telescopic, but they are generally all of a similar brightness to each other. The larger brighter asterisms are useful for people who are familiarizing themselves with the night sky. </p><p>The patterns of stars seen in asterisms are not necessarily a product of any physical association between the stars, but are rather the result of the particular perspectives of their observations. For example the <a href="/wiki/Summer_Triangle" title="Summer Triangle">Summer Triangle</a> is a purely observational physically unrelated group of stars, but the stars of <a href="/wiki/Orion%27s_Belt" title="Orion's Belt">Orion's Belt</a> are all members of the <a href="/wiki/Orion_OB1_association" class="mw-redirect" title="Orion OB1 association">Orion OB1 association</a> and five of the seven stars of the Big Dipper are members of the <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major_Moving_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Ursa Major Moving Group">Ursa Major Moving Group</a>. Physical associations, such as the <a href="/wiki/Hyades_(astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyades (astronomy)">Hyades</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pleiades" title="Pleiades">Pleiades</a>, can be asterisms in their own right and part of other asterisms at the same time. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background_of_asterisms_and_constellations">Background of asterisms and constellations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background of asterisms and constellations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many early civilizations, it was common to associate groups of stars in <a href="/wiki/Connect-the-dots" class="mw-redirect" title="Connect-the-dots">connect-the-dots</a> <a href="/wiki/Stick_figures" class="mw-redirect" title="Stick figures">stick-figure</a> patterns. Some of the earliest records are those of ancient India in the <a href="/wiki/Vedanga_Jyotisha" title="Vedanga Jyotisha">Vedanga Jyotisha</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Babylonian_star_catalogues" title="Babylonian star catalogues">Babylonians</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Different cultures identified different constellations, although a few of the more obvious patterns tend to appear in the constellations of multiple cultures, such as those of <a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scorpius" title="Scorpius">Scorpius</a>. As anyone could arrange and name a grouping of stars there was no distinct difference between a <i>constellation</i> and an <i>asterism</i>. For example, <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny the Elder</a> mentions 72 asterisms in his book <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_(Pliny)" title="Natural History (Pliny)">Naturalis Historia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Allen1899a_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allen1899a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A general list containing 48 constellations likely began to develop with the astronomer <a href="/wiki/Hipparchus" title="Hipparchus">Hipparchus</a> (c. 190 – c. 120 BCE). As constellations were considered to be composed only of the stars that constituted the figure, it was always possible to use any leftover stars to create and squeeze in a new grouping among the established constellations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Exploration by Europeans to other parts of the globe exposed them to stars previously unknown to them. Two astronomers particularly known for greatly expanding the number of southern constellations were <a href="/wiki/Johann_Bayer" title="Johann Bayer">Johann Bayer</a> (1572–1625) and <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Louis_de_Lacaille" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicolas Louis de Lacaille">Nicolas Louis de Lacaille</a> (1713–1762). Bayer had listed twelve figures made out of stars that were too far south for <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> to have seen. Lacaille created 14 new groups, mostly for the area surrounding <a href="/wiki/Celestial_pole" title="Celestial pole">South Celestial Pole</a>. Many of these proposed constellations have been formally accepted, but the rest have remained as asterisms.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1928, the <a href="/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a> (IAU) precisely divided the sky into <a href="/wiki/IAU_designated_constellations" title="IAU designated constellations">88 official constellations</a> following geometric boundaries encompassing all of the stars within them. Any additional new selected groupings of stars or <a href="/wiki/Former_constellation" class="mw-redirect" title="Former constellation">former constellations</a> are often considered as asterisms. However, technical distinctions between the terms 'constellation' and 'asterism' often remain somewhat ambiguous.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asterisms_consisting_of_first-magnitude_stars">Asterisms consisting of first-magnitude stars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Asterisms consisting of first-magnitude stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Some asterisms consist completely of bright <a href="/wiki/First-magnitude_star" title="First-magnitude star">first-magnitude stars</a>, which mark out simple geometric shapes. </p> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Summer_Triangle" title="Summer Triangle">Summer Triangle</a></i> of <a href="/wiki/Deneb" title="Deneb">Deneb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Altair" title="Altair">Altair</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vega" title="Vega">Vega</a> – α <a href="/wiki/Cygnus_(constellation)" title="Cygnus (constellation)">Cygni</a>, α <a href="/wiki/Aquila_(constellation)" title="Aquila (constellation)">Aquilae</a>, and α <a href="/wiki/Lyra" title="Lyra">Lyrae</a> – is prominent in the northern hemisphere summer skies, as its three stars are all of the 1st magnitude.<sup id="cite_ref-wro_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The stars of the Triangle are in the band of the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a> which marks the galactic equator, and are in the direction of the <a href="/wiki/Galactic_Center" title="Galactic Center">Galactic Center</a>.</li> <li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Winter_Triangle" title="Winter Triangle">Winter Triangle</a></i> is visible in the northern sky's winter and comprises the first magnitude stars <a href="/wiki/Betelgeuse" title="Betelgeuse">Betelgeuse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sirius" title="Sirius">Sirius</a> and <a href="/wiki/Procyon" title="Procyon">Procyon</a> (the second and fourth <a href="/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars_and_brown_dwarfs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs">closest star or star system</a> visible without aid). <ul><li>The larger northern <i><a href="/wiki/Winter_Hexagon" title="Winter Hexagon">Winter Hexagon</a></i> includes seven of the twenty-two first-magnitude stars visible in the sky, with <a href="/wiki/Pollux_(star)" title="Pollux (star)">Pollux</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capella_(star)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capella (star)">Capella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aldebaran" title="Aldebaran">Aldebaran</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rigel" title="Rigel">Rigel</a>, Sirius and Procyon, and with the 2nd-magnitude <a href="/wiki/Castor_(star)" title="Castor (star)">Castor</a> on the periphery, and Betelgeuse off-center.<sup id="cite_ref-wro_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adding <a href="/wiki/Betelgeuse" title="Betelgeuse">Betelgeuse</a> then it is known as the <i>Heavenly 'G'</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-seds_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It encircles the <a href="/wiki/Galactic_anticenter" title="Galactic anticenter">galactic anticenter</a>, as well as incorporates constellations such as <a href="/wiki/Gemini_(constellation)" title="Gemini (constellation)">Gemini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a>. It also includes in the background of Aldebaran the <a href="/wiki/Hyades_(star_cluster)" title="Hyades (star cluster)">Hyades</a>, the nearest <a href="/wiki/Star_cluster" title="Star cluster">star cluster</a> and one of five first-magnitude <a href="/wiki/Deep-sky_object" title="Deep-sky object">deep-sky objects</a>, two of which can be seen just north-east of the Hyades, the <a href="/wiki/Pleiades" title="Pleiades">Pleiades</a> also in the <a href="/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)" title="Taurus (constellation)">Taurus constellation</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Persei_Cluster" title="Alpha Persei Cluster">Alpha Persei Cluster</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Alcyone_(star)" title="Alcyone (star)">Alcyone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mirfak" class="mw-redirect" title="Mirfak">Mirfak</a> as the brightest stars).</li></ul></li> <li>The northern <i><a href="/wiki/Spring_Triangle" title="Spring Triangle">Spring Triangle</a></i> consists of <a href="/wiki/Arcturus" title="Arcturus">Arcturus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Regulus" title="Regulus">Regulus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spica" title="Spica">Spica</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Diamond" title="Great Diamond">Great Diamond</a></i> consisting of Arcturus, Spica, <a href="/wiki/Denebola" title="Denebola">Denebola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cor_Caroli" title="Cor Caroli">Cor Caroli</a>, the latter two not being first-magnitude stars.<sup id="cite_ref-aoo4_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoo4-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An east-west line from Arcturus to Denebola forms an equilateral triangle with Cor Caroli to the North, and another with Spica to the South. Together these two triangles form the Diamond. Formally, the stars of the Diamond are in the constellations <a href="/wiki/Bo%C3%B6tes" title="Boötes">Boötes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virgo_(constellation)" title="Virgo (constellation)">Virgo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Canes_Venatici" title="Canes Venatici">Canes Venatici</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Other asterisms consist partially of multiple first-magnitude stars. </p> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Southern_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Cross">Southern Cross</a></i> including the first-magnitude stars <a href="/wiki/Acrux" title="Acrux">Acrux</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mimosa_(star)" title="Mimosa (star)">Mimosa</a>, west of the <a href="/wiki/Carina_Nebula" title="Carina Nebula">Carina Nebula</a> (one of five first-magnitude deep-sky objects), and with the first-magnitude stars <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Centauri" title="Alpha Centauri">Alpha Centauri</a> (the <a href="/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars_and_brown_dwarfs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs">closest star to the Sun</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Beta_Centauri" title="Beta Centauri">Beta Centauri</a> pointing at the cross, distinguishing the cross from less bright and similar asterisms like the <a href="/wiki/Diamond_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond Cross">Diamond Cross</a> or <a href="/wiki/False_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="False Cross">False Cross</a>.</li></ul> <p>All other first-magnitude stars are the only such stars in their asterisms or constellations, with <a href="/wiki/Canopus" title="Canopus">Canopus</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Argo_Navis" title="Argo Navis">Argo Navis</a> asterism south of Sirius, visually east of the Carina Nebula and near the <a href="/wiki/Large_Magellanic_Cloud" title="Large Magellanic Cloud">Large Magellanic Cloud</a> (both being first-magnitude deep-sky objects), <a href="/wiki/Achernar" title="Achernar">Achernar</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eridanus_(constellation)" title="Eridanus (constellation)">Eridanus</a> constellation east of Canopus, <a href="/wiki/Fomalhaut" title="Fomalhaut">Fomalhaut</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Piscis_Austrinus" title="Piscis Austrinus">Southern Fish constellation</a> east of Achernar and <a href="/wiki/Antares" title="Antares">Antares</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Scorpius" title="Scorpius">Scorpius</a> constellation visually near the <a href="/wiki/Galactic_Center" title="Galactic Center">Galactic Center</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Major_asterisms.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Major_asterisms.png/260px-Major_asterisms.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Major_asterisms.png/390px-Major_asterisms.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Major_asterisms.png/520px-Major_asterisms.png 2x" data-file-width="733" data-file-height="371" /></a><figcaption>Some major asterisms on a celestial map (the projection exaggerates the stretching)</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constellation-based_asterisms">Constellation-based asterisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Constellation-based asterisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plough_big_dipper.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Plough_big_dipper.svg/260px-Plough_big_dipper.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="201" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Plough_big_dipper.svg/390px-Plough_big_dipper.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Plough_big_dipper.svg/520px-Plough_big_dipper.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="664" data-file-height="514" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Big_Dipper" title="Big Dipper">Big Dipper</a> asterism</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i><a href="/wiki/Big_Dipper" title="Big Dipper">Big Dipper</a></i>, also known as <i>The Plough</i> or <i>Charles's Wain</i>, is composed of the seven brightest stars in <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-seds_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These stars delineate the Bear's hindquarters and exaggerated tail, <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major#Graphic_visualisation" title="Ursa Major">or alternatively</a>, the "handle" forming the upper outline of the bear's head and neck. With its longer tail, <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Minor" title="Ursa Minor">Ursa Minor</a> hardly appears bearlike at all, and is widely known by its pseudonym, the <i>Little Dipper</i>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Northern_Cross_(asterism)" title="Northern Cross (asterism)"><i>Northern Cross</i></a> in <a href="/wiki/Cygnus_(constellation)" title="Cygnus (constellation)">Cygnus</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wro_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The upright runs from <a href="/wiki/Deneb" title="Deneb">Deneb</a> (α Cyg) in the Swan's tail to <a href="/wiki/Albireo" title="Albireo">Albireo</a> (β Cyg) in the beak. The transverse runs from <a href="/wiki/%CE%95_Cygni" class="mw-redirect" title="Ε Cygni">ε Cygni</a> in one wing to <a href="/wiki/%CE%94_Cygni" class="mw-redirect" title="Δ Cygni">δ Cygni</a> in the other.</li> <li>The <i>Southern Cross</i> is an asterism by name, but the whole area is now recognised as the constellation <a href="/wiki/Crux" title="Crux">Crux</a>. The main stars are <a href="/wiki/Acrux" title="Acrux">Alpha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beta_Crucis" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta Crucis">Beta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gacrux" title="Gacrux">Gamma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delta_Crucis" title="Delta Crucis">Delta</a>, and arguably also <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Crucis" title="Epsilon Crucis">Epsilon Crucis</a>. Earlier, Crux <i>was</i> deemed an asterism when Bayer created it in <i><a href="/wiki/Uranometria" title="Uranometria">Uranometria</a></i> (1603) from the stars in the hind legs of <a href="/wiki/Centaurus" title="Centaurus">Centaurus</a>, decreasing the size of Centaur. These same stars were probably identified by <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny the Elder</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Naturalis_Historia" class="mw-redirect" title="Naturalis Historia">Naturalis Historia</a> as the asterism 'Thronos Caesaris.'<sup id="cite_ref-Allen1899a_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Allen1899a-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Fish Hook</i> is the traditional Hawaiian name for <a href="/wiki/Scorpius" title="Scorpius">Scorpius</a>. The image will be even more obvious if the chart's lines from <a href="/wiki/Antares" title="Antares">Antares</a> (α Sco) to <a href="/wiki/Beta_Scorpii" title="Beta Scorpii">Beta Scorpii</a> (β Sco) and <a href="/wiki/Pi_Scorpii" title="Pi Scorpii">Pi Scorpii</a> (π Sco) are replaced with a line from Beta through <a href="/wiki/Delta_Scorpii" title="Delta Scorpii">Delta Scorpii</a> (δ Sco) to Pi forming a large capped "J." Adding vertical lines to connect the limbs at the left and right in the main diagram of <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules</a> will complete the figure of the Butterfly.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo%C3%B6tes" title="Boötes">Boötes</a> is sometimes known as the <i>Ice Cream Cone</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also known as the <i>Kite</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-aoo5_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoo5-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The stars of <a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)" title="Cassiopeia (constellation)">Cassiopeia</a> form a W which is often used as a nickname.<sup id="cite_ref-aaorg_fall_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aaorg_fall-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Great Square</i> of <a href="/wiki/Pegasus_(constellation)" title="Pegasus (constellation)">Pegasus</a> is the quadrilateral formed by the stars <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Pegasi" title="Alpha Pegasi">Markab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beta_Pegasi" title="Beta Pegasi">Scheat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Pegasi" title="Gamma Pegasi">Algenib</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Andromedae" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha Andromedae">Alpheratz</a>, representing the body of the winged horse.<sup id="cite_ref-aoo2_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoo2-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The asterism was recognized as the constellation ASH.IKU "The Field" on the <a href="/wiki/MUL.APIN" title="MUL.APIN">MUL.APIN</a> <a href="/wiki/Cuneiform" title="Cuneiform">cuneiform</a> tablets from about 1100 to 700 BC.<sup id="cite_ref-rogers98_p19_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rogers98_p19-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alpheratz is now only considered a part of the constellation Andromeda whereas formerly the star was a part of both constellations.</li> <li>The <i>Bowl of Virgo</i> is formed by the stars Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon and Eta Virginis. Together with <a href="/wiki/Spica" title="Spica">Spica</a>, they form a Y shape.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg/220px-Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg/330px-Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg/440px-Three_Leaps_of_the_Gazelle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1371" data-file-height="1069" /></a><figcaption>Three Leaps of the Gazelle asterism</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>The <i>Three Leaps of the Gazelle</i> consists of three pairs of stars in <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a> aligned in a row spanning about 30 degrees. In Arabic lore, the star pairs are pictured as the hoof prints of a gazelle startled from a pond by <a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a> the lion. (The "pond" is pictured as the <a href="/wiki/Coma_Star_Cluster" title="Coma Star Cluster">Coma Star Cluster</a>.) The first pair of stars are Xi and Nu, second pair Upsilon and Lambda, third pair Kappa and Iota Ursa Majoris. The pairs also mark three of the bear's paws.</li></ul> <p>Some asterisms refer to portions of traditional constellation figures. These include: </p> <ul><li>The <i>Water Jar</i> or <i>Urn</i> of <a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a> is a Y-shaped figure centered upon <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Aquarii" title="Zeta Aquarii">Zeta Aquarii</a> and includes Gamma, Eta and Pi. It pours water in a stream of more than 20 stars terminating with the star <a href="/wiki/Fomalhaut" title="Fomalhaut">Fomalhaut</a>.</li> <li>The <i>Crab Breast</i> of <a href="/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)" title="Cancer (constellation)">Cancer</a> is a quadrilateral formed by the four stars Gamma, Delta, Eta and Theta Cancri which make up the carapace (inner shell) of the Crab. Contained within is the <a href="/wiki/Beehive_Cluster" title="Beehive Cluster">Beehive Cluster</a> (Messier 44) which includes Epsilon Cancri.</li> <li>The <i>Snake Head</i> is the westernmost portion of <a href="/wiki/Hydra_(constellation)" title="Hydra (constellation)">Hydra</a> consisting of the stars Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Rho and Sigma Hydrae.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Orion%27s_Belt" title="Orion's Belt">Orion's Belt</a></i> consists of the three bright stars Zeta (<a href="/wiki/Alnitak" title="Alnitak">Alnitak</a>), Epsilon (<a href="/wiki/Alnilam" title="Alnilam">Alnilam</a>) and Delta Orionis (<a href="/wiki/Mintaka" title="Mintaka">Mintaka</a>) which form the belt of <a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a>.</li> <li>The <i>Bull's Face</i> of <a href="/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)" title="Taurus (constellation)">Taurus</a> is a V-shaped figure formed by prominent members of the <a href="/wiki/Hyades_(star_cluster)" title="Hyades (star cluster)">Hyades</a> cluster, including stars Gamma, Delta¹, Delta², Delta³, Epsilon, Theta Tauri, as well as the bright star Alpha Tauri (<a href="/wiki/Aldebaran" title="Aldebaran">Aldebaran</a>) which forms the red eye of the Bull.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_particular_asterisms">Other particular asterisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Other particular asterisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg/260px-Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg/390px-Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg/520px-Sagittarius-teapot-asterism.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>The "Teapot" asterism in <a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation)" title="Sagittarius (constellation)">Sagittarius</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a> appears as "steam" coming from the spout.</figcaption></figure> <p>Other asterisms are also composed of stars from one constellation, but do not refer to the traditional figures. </p> <ul><li>Four stars (<a href="/wiki/Beta_Carinae" title="Beta Carinae">Beta</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upsilon_Carinae" title="Upsilon Carinae">Upsilon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Theta_Carinae" title="Theta Carinae">Theta</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Omega_Carinae" title="Omega Carinae">Omega</a> <a href="/wiki/Carina_(constellation)" title="Carina (constellation)">Carinae</a>) form a well-shaped diamond – the <i><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamond Cross">Diamond Cross</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-cross3_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cross3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Saucepan</i> or <i>Pot</i>, being the same stars as the Belt and Sword of Orion. The end of the handle is at <a href="/wiki/%CE%99_Orionis" class="mw-redirect" title="Ι Orionis">ι Orionis</a>, with the far rim at <a href="/wiki/Eta_Orionis" title="Eta Orionis">η Orionis</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The four central stars in <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Herculis" title="Epsilon Herculis">Epsilon</a> (ε Her), <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Herculis" title="Zeta Herculis">Zeta</a> (ζ Her), <a href="/wiki/Eta_Herculis" title="Eta Herculis">Eta</a> (η Her), and <a href="/wiki/Pi_Herculis" title="Pi Herculis">Pi</a> (π Her), form the <i>Keystone</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-wro_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bright globular cluster <a href="/wiki/Messier_13" title="Messier 13">Messier 13</a> lies along the western segment, between Zeta and Eta.</li> <li>The curve of stars at the front end of the Lion from <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Leonis" title="Epsilon Leonis">Epsilon</a> (ε Leo) to <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Leonis_(star)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alpha Leonis (star)">Regulus</a> (α Leo), looking much like a mirror-image question mark, has long been known as the <a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)"><i>Sickle</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-seds_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The brighter stars of <a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation)" title="Sagittarius (constellation)">Sagittarius</a> form the <i>Teapot</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-aoo1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aoo1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (The <a href="/wiki/Large_Sagittarius_Star_Cloud" title="Large Sagittarius Star Cloud">Large Sagittarius Star Cloud</a> appears to be steam emerging from the "spout".)</li> <li>Northeast of the Teapot asterism lies the fainter <i>Teaspoon</i>, consisting of the stars ξ¹, ξ², ο, π, ρ¹ and ρ² Sagitarii.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Four bright stars in <a href="/wiki/Delphinus" title="Delphinus">Delphinus</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alpha_Delphini" title="Alpha Delphini">Sualocin</a> or α Delphini, <a href="/wiki/Beta_Delphini" title="Beta Delphini">Rotanev</a> or β Delphini, <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Delphini" title="Gamma Delphini">γ Delphini</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delta_Delphini" title="Delta Delphini">δ Delphini</a>) form <i>Job's Coffin</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-seds_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Terebellum_(asterism)" class="mw-redirect" title="Terebellum (asterism)"><i>Terebellum</i></a> is a small quadrilateral of four faint stars (<a href="/wiki/Omega_Sagittarii" title="Omega Sagittarii">Omega</a>, <a href="/wiki/59_Sagittarii" title="59 Sagittarii">59</a>, <a href="/wiki/60_Sagittarii" title="60 Sagittarii">60</a>, <a href="/wiki/62_Sagittarii" title="62 Sagittarii">62</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Sagittarius_(constellation)" title="Sagittarius (constellation)">Sagittarius</a>' hindquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-allensgr_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allensgr-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Just south of Pegasus, the western fish of <a href="/wiki/Pisces_(constellation)" title="Pisces (constellation)">Pisces</a> is home to the <i>Circlet</i> formed from <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Piscium" title="Gamma Piscium">Gamma</a> (γ Piscium), <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Piscium" title="Kappa Piscium">Kappa</a> (κ Piscium), <a href="/wiki/Lambda_Piscium" title="Lambda Piscium">Lambda</a> (λ Piscium), <a href="/wiki/TX_Piscium" title="TX Piscium">TX Piscium</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iota_Piscium" title="Iota Piscium">Iota</a> (ι Piscium), and <a href="/wiki/Theta_Piscium" title="Theta Piscium">Theta</a> (θ Piscium).<sup id="cite_ref-wro_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wro-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-seds_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seds-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubhe" title="Dubhe">Dubhe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Beta_Ursae_Majoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Beta Ursae Majoris">Merak</a> (Alpha and Beta Ursae Majoris), the two stars at the end of the bowl of the <a href="/wiki/Big_Dipper" title="Big Dipper">Big Dipper</a> are often called the <i>Pointers</i>:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a line from β to α and continued for about five times the distance between them arrives at the North Celestial Pole and the star <a href="/wiki/Polaris" title="Polaris">Polaris</a> (α UMi/Alpha Ursae Minoris), the North Star.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Centauri" title="Alpha Centauri">Rigil Kentaurus</a> (α Centauri) and <a href="/wiki/Beta_Centauri" title="Beta Centauri">Hadar</a> (β Centauri) are the <i>Southern Pointers</i> leading to the Southern Cross<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and thus helping to distinguish <a href="/wiki/Crux" title="Crux">Crux</a> from the False Cross.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Asterisms_across_multiple_constellations">Asterisms across multiple constellations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Asterisms across multiple constellations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Other asterisms that are formed from stars in more than one constellation. </p> <ul><li>The <i>Egyptian X</i> is a large asterism which, like the Diamond of Virgo, is composed of a pair of equilateral triangles. <a href="/wiki/Sirius" title="Sirius">Sirius</a> (α CMa), <a href="/wiki/Procyon" title="Procyon">Procyon</a> (α CMi), and <a href="/wiki/Betelgeuse" title="Betelgeuse">Betelgeuse</a> (α Ori) form one to the North (<a href="/wiki/Winter_Hexagon" title="Winter Hexagon">Winter Triangle</a>) while Sirius, <a href="/wiki/Zeta_Puppis" title="Zeta Puppis">Naos</a> (ζ Pup), and <a href="/wiki/Phakt" class="mw-redirect" title="Phakt">Phakt</a> (α Col) form another to the South. Unlike the Diamond, however, these triangles meet, not base-to-base, but vertex-to-vertex. The name derives from both the shape and, because the stars straddle the Celestial Equator, it is more easily seen from south of the Mediterranean than in Europe.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The <i>Lozenge</i> is a small diamond formed from three stars – <a href="/wiki/Eltanin" class="mw-redirect" title="Eltanin">Eltanin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grumium" class="mw-redirect" title="Grumium">Grumium</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rastaban" class="mw-redirect" title="Rastaban">Rastaban</a> (Gamma, Xi, and Beta Draconis) – in the head of <a href="/wiki/Draco_(constellation)" title="Draco (constellation)">Draco</a> and one – <a href="/wiki/Iota_Herculis" title="Iota Herculis">Iota Herculis</a> – in the foot of <a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><span class="anchor" id="False_Cross"></span>The diamond-shaped <i>False Cross</i> is composed of the four stars <a href="/wiki/Delta_Velorum" title="Delta Velorum">Alsephina</a> (δ Velorum), <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Velorum" title="Kappa Velorum">Markeb</a> (κ Velorum), <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Carinae" title="Epsilon Carinae">Avior</a> (ε Carinae), and <a href="/wiki/Iota_Carinae" title="Iota Carinae">Aspidiske</a> (ι Carinae).<sup id="cite_ref-cross3_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cross3-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although its component stars are not quite as bright as those of the <a href="/wiki/Crux" title="Crux">Southern Cross</a>, it is somewhat larger and better shaped than the Southern Cross, for which it is sometimes mistaken, causing errors in <a href="/wiki/Astronavigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Astronavigation">astronavigation</a>. Like the Southern Cross, three of its main four stars are whitish and one orange.<sup id="cite_ref-Moore2010_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moore2010-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Northern Y</i> is formed by four prominent stars, <a href="/wiki/Arcturus" title="Arcturus">Arcturus</a> (α Boötis), <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Bootis" class="mw-redirect" title="Gamma Bootis">Seginus</a> (γ Boötis), <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Coronae_Borealis" title="Alpha Coronae Borealis">Alphecca</a> (α Coronae Borealis), and centered on <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Bootis" class="mw-redirect" title="Epsilon Bootis">Izar</a> (ε Boötis). From the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> in particular, where there is serious <a href="/wiki/Light_pollution" title="Light pollution">light pollution</a> in many areas and also <a href="/wiki/Twilight" title="Twilight">twilight</a> much of the night when these constellations appear, this "Y" is often visible while other stars of Boötes and Corona Borealis are not.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>The <i>Lightning Bolt</i>, aligned north to south, consists of the stars <a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Pegasi" title="Epsilon Pegasi">Epsilon Pegasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Aquarii" title="Alpha Aquarii">Alpha Aquarii</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beta_Aquarii" title="Beta Aquarii">Beta Aquarii</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delta_Capricorni" title="Delta Capricorni">Delta Capricorni</a>. Easily visible to naked eyes even in light polluted skies, the asterism is useful for orienting among three constellations.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Serpent Bowl</i> is a large curved asterism spanning 3.5 hours of right ascension, from mid-northern latitudes best seen in July and August evenings. From west to east, it includes the stars Delta, Alpha and Epsilon Serpentis, Delta, Epsilon, Upsilon, Zeta and Eta Ophiuchi, Xi Serpentis, Nu and Tau Ophiuchi, Eta and Theta Serpentis.</li> <li>The <i>Eagle Tail Corona</i> is a flattened curved figure in the tail of <a href="/wiki/Aquila_(constellation)" title="Aquila (constellation)">Aquila</a> and extending into <a href="/wiki/Scutum_(constellation)" title="Scutum (constellation)">Scutum</a>. It consists of the stars 14, 15, Lambda and 12 Aquilae, Eta Scuti, HD 174208, R and Beta Scuti. The compact open cluster <a href="/wiki/Messier_11" class="mw-redirect" title="Messier 11">Messier 11</a> is also aligned with the curve.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Telescopic_asterisms">Telescopic asterisms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asterism_(astronomy)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Telescopic asterisms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NGC_2169.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/NGC_2169.jpg/260px-NGC_2169.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/NGC_2169.jpg/390px-NGC_2169.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/NGC_2169.jpg/520px-NGC_2169.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The "37" or "LE" of <a href="/wiki/NGC_2169" title="NGC 2169">NGC 2169</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a>. It is visible with binoculars.</figcaption></figure> <p>Asterisms range from the large and obvious to the small, and even telescopic. </p> <ul><li>The <i>37</i> or <i>LE</i> of <a href="/wiki/NGC_2169" title="NGC 2169">NGC 2169</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Engagement Ring</i> in <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Minor" title="Ursa Minor">Ursa Minor</a> has the north star <a href="/wiki/Polaris" title="Polaris">Polaris</a> as the diamond, at one end of a ring of much fainter stars about one degree across.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Broken Engagement Ring</i> in <a href="/wiki/Ursa_Major" title="Ursa Major">Ursa Major</a> at 10:51 / +56°10' (preceding β Ursae Majoris, Merak).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>Christmas Tree</i> shape of the <a href="/wiki/NGC_2264" title="NGC 2264">Christmas Tree Cluster</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Monoceros_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Monoceros (constellation)">Monoceros</a>. It is made up of about approximately 40 stars.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NYT-20231219_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-20231219-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collinder_399" class="mw-redirect" title="Collinder 399">The Coathanger</a></i>, in <a href="/wiki/Vulpecula" title="Vulpecula">Vulpecula</a>, also known as <i>Brocchi's Cluster</i> (see image at top).<sup id="cite_ref-dratledge_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dratledge-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kemble%27s_Cascade" title="Kemble's Cascade">Kemble's Cascade</a></i>, a chain of stars that ends in open cluster <a href="/wiki/NGC_1502" title="NGC 1502">NGC 1502</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Camelopardalis" title="Camelopardalis">Camelopardalis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dratledge_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dratledge-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>Napoleon's Hat</i> (Picot 1), in <a href="/wiki/Bootes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bootes">Bootes</a> (south of α Bootis, Arcturus).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><i>The Ring of the Nibelungen</i> (Ferrero 27) in <a href="/wiki/Draco_(constellation)" title="Draco (constellation)">Draco</a>, named after the 1857 <a href="/wiki/Der_Ring_des_Nibelungen" title="Der Ring des Nibelungen">German epic drama</a>, at 15:57 / +62°32' (near galaxy NGC 6015).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The V-shaped <a href="/wiki/Messier_73" title="Messier 73">Messier 73</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a>, determined to be an asterism in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-odenkirchecnsoubiran2002_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-odenkirchecnsoubiran2002-30"><span 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Milwaukee Astronomical Society</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://deepsky.waarnemen.com/asterisms/Asterisms_EN_VER4.2.pdf">List of Asterisms</a> from deepsky.waarnemen.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121127062119/http://www.nightskyatlas.com/asterisms.jsp">List of Asterisms</a> from nightskyatlas.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121103182622/http://www.saguaroastro.org/content/downloads.htm">List of Asterisms</a> from saguaroastro.org</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/stellarasterisms.htm">List of Asterisms</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200112121543/http://waynesthisandthat.com/stellarasterisms.htm">Archived</a> 12 January 2020 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> from waynesthisandthat.com</li></ul> 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title="Shell star">Shell</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B(e)_star" title="B(e) star">B[e]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helium_star" title="Helium star">Helium</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_helium_star" title="Extreme helium star">Extreme</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_straggler" title="Blue straggler">Blue straggler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Compact_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact star">Remnants</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Compact_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact star">Compact star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRAS_00500%2B6713" title="IRAS 00500+6713">Parker's star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_dwarf" title="White dwarf">White dwarf</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helium_planet" title="Helium planet">Helium planet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a 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title="S-process">s-process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R-process" title="R-process">r-process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P-process" title="P-process">p-process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fusor_(astronomy)" title="Fusor (astronomy)">Fusor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova" title="Nova">Nova</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Symbiotic_nova" title="Symbiotic nova">Symbiotic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova_remnant" title="Nova remnant">Remnant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luminous_red_nova" title="Luminous red nova">Luminous red nova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nova#Recurrent_novae" title="Nova">Recurrent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micronova" title="Micronova">Micronova</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis" title="Supernova nucleosynthesis">Supernova</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stellar_structure" title="Stellar structure">Structure</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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title="Absolute magnitude">Absolute magnitude</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stellar_mass" title="Stellar mass">Mass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metallicity" title="Metallicity">Metallicity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stellar_rotation" title="Stellar rotation">Rotation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starlight" title="Starlight">Starlight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Variable_star" title="Variable star">Variable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Photometric_system" title="Photometric system">Photometric system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color_index" title="Color index">Color index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertzsprung%E2%80%93Russell_diagram" title="Hertzsprung–Russell diagram">Hertzsprung–Russell diagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Color%E2%80%93color_diagram" title="Color–color diagram">Color–color diagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Str%C3%B6mgren_sphere" title="Strömgren sphere">Strömgren sphere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kraft_break" title="Kraft break">Kraft break</a></li></ul> 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