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UK
/ˈɑːstəɹˌɪzəm/
]
NOUN
- (astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation)
- (mineralogy) a star-shaped figure with six rays that is seen in some crystal structures under reflected or transmitted light
How To Use asterism In A Sentence
- In Greek myth, the Big Dipper asterism represents the hindquarters and tail of the constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear.
- Pisces is a curious star group; the stars are dim, scattered, and don't form a distinctive asterism.
- Orion and the Great Bear are two of the most prominent asterisms visible from the northern hemisphere.
- Cygnus - the Swan - is a cluster of stars, or asterism, easily visible in the summer skies.
- The chart is written on paper - a Chinese invention - and is a representation of the complete sky with some 1,585 stars grouped into 257 clusters or ‘asterisms’.
- An asterism is a star formation that is not an officially recognized constellation.
- They're located about 15° west-northwest of the bright red star Aldebaran, which in turn is at the end of one of the arms of a V-shaped asterism, the Hyades open cluster, which points southwest.
- If the favourable asterism is in its ascendancy and if it alone exerts an influence over the new-born, then its good influence will increase.
- Orion contains an asterism or well-known star pattern called the ‘saucepan’ or ‘iron pot’.
- n. - gem cut so as to show asterism. asteriated adj. - having star-like rays. Xml's Blinklist.com
