Wonderful facts about Constellations
The word "constellation" comes from a Latin term meaning "set with stars."
The patterns of the constellations can be an animal, a mythological character, a human, or even non-living things, such as a microscope, a compass or a crown.
Small patterns of stars within a constellation are called asterisms. These include the Big Dipper and Little Dipper.
The largest constellation by area is Hydra which is 3.16% of the sky.
The smallest is Crux which only takes up 0.17 percent of the sky.
Twenty two different constellation names start with the letter ‘’c’’.
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