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Noun Concept
Categories: Asterisms (astronomy), Articles with short description, Constellations, Former constellations, Stellar groupings
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asterism  False Cross
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(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) WordNet 3.0
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astronomy
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(astronomy) a cluster of stars (or a small constellation) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An asterism is an observed pattern or group of stars in the sky. Wikipedia
A pattern of stars Wikipedia Disambiguation
Pattern of stars recognized on Earth's night sky Wikidata
A grouping of stars forming a pattern when seen from Earth's night sky. OmegaWiki
An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern). Wiktionary
Constellation. Wiktionary (translation)
Small group of stars. Wiktionary (translation)
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The Big Dipper, Summer Triangle, and Orion's Belt are asterisms. Wiktionary
IS A
natural object
astronomical object
PART OF
constellation
HAS KIND
binary star
constellation
former constellation
optical double
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Sternreihe
+5 relations
HAS INSTANCE
Big Dipper
Northern Cross
Pleiades
Trapezium
Orion's Belt
+176 relations
CATEGORY DOMAIN
astronomy
DERIVATION
asterismal
DIFFERENT FROM
constellation
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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asterism
Wikipedia
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asterism (astronomy)
Wikidata
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asterism
Wiktionary
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asterism
OmegaWiki
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asterism
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