Constellation can be categorized as a noun.
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| constellation - a configuration of stars as seen from the earth | ||
| constellation - an arrangement of parts or elements; "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time" |
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| 1. | noun | What's your favorite constellation? | |
| 2. | noun | A constellation shines. | |
| 3. | noun | The constellation once shone. | |
| 4. | noun | One constellation that most people know is the Big Dipper. | |
| 5. | noun | A black hole in the center of the M87 galaxy in the constellation Virgo, which is 50 million light-years away, has been calculated to have a mass equal to that of 3 billion Suns! | |
| 6. | noun | One night in 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe saw what he thought was a brilliant new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. (We now know he was observing a supernova.) In 1604, a second supernova was observed. These discoveries caused scientists to seriously question Ptolemy's theory that all stars were contained in an outermost sphere of the universe that never changed. | |
| 7. | noun | The individual stars in a constellation may appear to be very close to each other, but in fact they can be separated by huge distances in space and have no real connection to each other at all. | |
| 8. | noun | "Does anyone know what has caused this plague?" "The scholars of the University of Paris believe that the source of this evil is an especially unfavorable constellation of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars." | |
| 9. | noun | The galactic center is in the constellation Sagittarius. | |
| 10. | noun | The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major. | |
| 11. | noun | The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, in the Great Dog constellation. | |
| 12. | noun | The constellation Scorpio is hard to observe because of its southerly position from Central Europe. | |
| 13. | noun | Ophiuchus is an outspread but not very prominent constellation. | |
| 14. | noun | The Serpent Bearer is an outspread but not very prominent constellation. | |
| 15. | noun | Canopus is the brightest star in the constellation Carina. |
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| What's your favorite constellation? | |
| A constellation shines. | |
| The constellation once shone. | |
| One constellation that most people know is the Big Dipper. | |
| A black hole in the center of the M87 galaxy in the constellation Virgo, which is 50 million light-years away, has been calculated to have a mass equal to that of 3 billion Suns! | |
| One night in 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe saw what he thought was a brilliant new star in the constellation Cassiopeia. (We now know he was observing a supernova.) In 1604, a second supernova was observed. These discoveries caused scientists to seriously question Ptolemy's theory that all stars were contained in an outermost sphere of the universe that never changed. | |
| The individual stars in a constellation may appear to be very close to each other, but in fact they can be separated by huge distances in space and have no real connection to each other at all. | |
| "Does anyone know what has caused this plague?" "The scholars of the University of Paris believe that the source of this evil is an especially unfavorable constellation of Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars." | |
| The galactic center is in the constellation Sagittarius. | |
| The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, in the constellation Canis Major. | |
| The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, in the Great Dog constellation. | |
| The constellation Scorpio is hard to observe because of its southerly position from Central Europe. | |
| Ophiuchus is an outspread but not very prominent constellation. | |
| The Serpent Bearer is an outspread but not very prominent constellation. | |
| Canopus is the brightest star in the constellation Carina. | |