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Asterism

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constellationnoun	(modern astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region.
aberrationnoun	The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
megaconstellationnoun	(space flight) A very large swarm of satellites in one satellite network
uranometrynoun	(astronomy, uncountable) The measurement of the constellations.
star systemnoun	(astronomy) A group of stars (and possibly smaller bodies such as planets or asteroids) that orbit one another.
oblique ascensionnoun	(astronomy, uncommon) An arc of the equator, which is intercepted between the first point of Aries and that point of the equator which rises together with a star, forming an oblique sphere.
arcletnoun	(astronomy) A small arc of a galaxy
instellationnoun	(astronomy) A generalization of insolation to stars other than the sun.
triangulum australenoun	(astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, which has three bright stars that form a triangle. It lies north of the constellation Apus, between Ara and Circinus.
fixed starnoun	(astronomy) A star whose movement cannot be seen from Earth.
starrisenoun	(astronomy) The time of day or night when a given star appears above the horizon.
apoastronnoun	(astronomy) Alternative form of apastron. [(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.]
annual aberrationnoun	(astronomy) A deviation due to the Earth's orbital motion.
seasonal constellationnoun	(astronomy) A constellation that is only above the horizon (and thus visible) for part of the year.
aberration of lightnoun	(astronomy) A phenomenon that produces an apparent motion of celestial objects about their true positions, dependent on the velocity of the observer.
astrophotonoun	(astronomy, photography) An image of one or more celestial objects made using techniques of astrophotography.
apastronnoun	(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
stardriftnoun	(astronomy) The apparent shared motion of stars in the same cluster.
anomalynoun	A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
orion's beltnoun	(astronomy) A bright asterism located near the celestial equator, consisting of three bright stars lined up and visibly close together.