constellation

Definitions of constellation

n a configuration of stars as seen from the earth

Examples:: show 77 examples...; hide 77 examples...; Andromeda
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; contains the Andromeda galaxy; Antlia
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Vela; Apus
a constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans; Aquarius
a zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Capricornus and Pisces; Aquila
a constellation in the Milky Way near Cygnus; contains the star Altair; Ara
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma; Argo
formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela; Aries
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Pisces and Taurus; Charioteer
a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Great Bear and Orion at edge of Milky Way; Bootes
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Ursa Major; Caelum
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus; Cancer
a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini; Canis Major
a constellation to the southeast of Orion; contains Sirius; Canis Minor
a constellation to the east of Orion; contains Procyon; Capricornus
a faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Sagittarius and Aquarius; Carina
a keel-shaped constellation in the southern hemisphere; contains the start Canopus; Cassiopeia
a W-shaped constellation in the northern hemisphere near Polaris; Centaurus
a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross; Cepheus
a faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cassiopeia and the pole star; Cetus
a large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius; Chamaeleon
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Apus and Mensa; Circinus
a small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe; Columba
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum; Coma Berenices
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Ursa Major and Bootes; contains a cluster of some 10,000 galaxies; Corona Borealis
a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Bootes and Hercules; Corvus
a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo; Crater
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Hydra and Corvus; Cygnus
a constellation in the northern hemisphere between Pegasus and Draco in the Milky Way; contains a black hole; Delphinus
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Pegasus and Aquila; Dorado
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Reticulum and Pictor; contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud; Dragon
a faint constellation twisting around the north celestial pole and lying between Ursa Major and Cepheus; Eridanus
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Fornax and Cetus; Fornax
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Cetus and Phoenix; Gemini
a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere between Taurus and Cancer on the ecliptic; Great Bear
a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star; Crane
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix; Hercules
a large constellation in the northern hemisphere between Lyra and Corona Borealis; Hydra
a long faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near the equator stretching between Virgo and Cancer; Hydrus
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near the south celestial pole; Indus
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Tucana; Leo
a zodiacal constellation in northern hemisphere between Cancer and Virgo; Lepus
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Orion and Columba; Libra
a small faint zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Virgo and Scorpius; Little Bear
a constellation outside the zodiac that rotates around the North Star; Lupus
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Centaurus; Lyra
a small constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Draco; contains the star Vega; Mensa
a faint constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere and containing part of the Large Magellanic Cloud; Microscopium
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Sagittarius and Capricornus; Musca
a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross and Chamaeleon; Norma
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Lupus and Ara in the Milky Way; Octans
the constellation that includes the southern celestial pole; Ophiuchus
a large constellation in the equatorial region between Hercules and Scorpius; Hunter
a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel; Pavo
a small constellation near the South Pole between Tucana and Ara; Pegasus
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces; Perseus
a conspicuous constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Auriga and Cassiopeia and crossed by the Milky Way; Phoenix
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Tucana and Sculptor; Pictor
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Columba; Pisces
a large faint zodiacal constellation; between Aquarius and Aries; Puppis
a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat; Pyxis
a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Antlia; Reticulum
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Hydrus; Sagitta
a small constellation in the northern hemisphere between Cygnus and Aquila and crossed by the Milky Way; Sagittarius
a large zodiacal constellation in the southern hemisphere; between Scorpius and Capricornus; Scorpius
a large zodiacal constellation between Libra and Sagittarius; Sculptor
a faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Phoenix and Cetus; Serpens
a constellation in the equatorial region of the northern hemisphere near Ophiuchus and Corona Borealis; Crux Australis
a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus; Taurus
a zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere near Orion; between Aries and Gemini; Telescopium
a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara; Triangulum
a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries; Triangulum Australe
a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus; Tucana
a large faint constellation in the southern hemisphere containing most of the Small Magellanic Cloud; Vela
a constellation in the southern hemisphere between Carina and Pyxis; Virgo
a large zodiacal constellation on the equator; between Leo and Libra; Volans
a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina; Vulpecula
a constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cygnus and Sagitta

Type of:: natural object
an object occurring naturally; not made by man

n an arrangement of parts or elements

Synonyms:: configuration

Types:: show 9 types...; hide 9 types...; redundancy
(electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails; network topology, topology
the configuration of a communication network; chunking, unitisation, unitization
(psychology) the configuration of smaller units of information into large coordinated units; bus, bus topology
the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar; loop, loop topology
the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component; star, star topology
the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub; mesh, mesh topology
the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component; physical topology
the appearance of the network; logical topology
the way the network works

Type of:: design, plan
an arrangement scheme

n a configuration of stars as seen from the earth

n an arrangement of parts or elements

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