asterism

Then a number is given to the individual stars in this asterism.

That is how the asterism looked one hundred and fifty years ago.

Therefore, they concluded that the stars were only an asterism.

They are separated by the different asterism in Chinese astronomy.

The fine point of what constitutes an asterism may be seen in two examples.

Asterism is a pattern of stars recognized on Earth's night sky.

Later, four more stars were added to this asterism, but the name remained unchanged.

In ancient China it formed part of an asterism called the "red bird".

An asterism can then be inserted in the body of a document by using the command.

A distinction can be made between two types of asterism:

In Ukraine this asterism was considered a female talisman until recent times.

The question of whether the stars were an asterism or an open cluster generated a small, interesting debate.

The asterism retained this name even when it was discovered that there were yet more stars in the group.

It is most readily identifiable by the asterism of four relatively bright stars.

Three southern stars are sometimes given their own asterism, the Spring Triangle.

It is the brightest star in an asterism known as Orion's sword.

Historically, without an "official" list, there was really no difference between a constellation and an asterism.

The entire asterism is visible to all observers south of 20 N latitude.

Basically, every star is assigned to an asterism.

The star marks one corner of the asterism "Job's Coffin".

It marks the northeastern end of the Diamond Cross asterism.

A true star cluster (see below), whose stars are gravitationally related, is not an asterism.

Even so venerable a constellation as Libra was once merely an asterism.

Thus it is no longer an asterism.

The target: an "asterism" of 10 bright stars that look like a simple coat hanger.