constellation
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- noun
- /ˌkɒnstəˈleɪʃən/
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constelación
- Then I looked suddenly to the west, wondering if the constellation Aquarius was in sight.
- stars in the constellation
- constellations in the sky
- constellation names
Naming objects in the sky, keeping track of where the constellation boundaries are, and so on.
- Naming objects in the sky, keeping track of where the constellation boundaries are, and so on.
- It's the third discovered variable star in the constellation Corona Borealis.
- It has to do with the stars with constellations.
- When we look out at night, we see the constellations.
- What's weird is Regulus is in the Leo constellation.
- And then I have like an evil eye, a moon, a sun, Gemini constellation, elephant, a bow, an A.
- They're so bright that these six stars stand out far more than the constellations tend to do, especially if you're in a city with a lot of light pollution.
- And so he never knew which of those unknown constellations truly governed his kismet.
- So that means let's just assume next year out of whatever constellation, let's take the star constellations.
Examples
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The result is a total of eighty-eight constellations that all astronomers today accept by international agreement.
Academic text (1990) -
You see that large W-shaped constellation there?
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There is the two star constellation Telescopeium.
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I looked to the west, and there was the constellation Libra before my eyes.
Fiction book (1994) -
It's the main star in the Scorpio constellation.
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This is the Orion constellation taken from Cardiff.
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Constellations filled the night sky.
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The earliest radio telescopes were hardly able to distinguish one constellation in the sky from another.
Academic text (1991) -
Moreover, it is quite common for astronomers to provide constellation names when new celestial objects are discovered.
Academic text (2015) -
The constellation Orion is easily identifiable by its three bright stars in a row.
How Recognizable
Surface Forms
Morphology
constellation = constellate (semi-transparent) = con + stell + ation
Formally decomposes as the verb 'constellate' + the noun-forming suffix '-ation', but 'constellate' is rare and built from Latin elements not transparent to all learners.
Etymology
Constellation comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and stella ('star'). Imagine many stars 'together' making a picture in the sky, which explains why a constellation is a recognizable group of stars. You can also see stella in the word stellar, which means 'of stars'.