Constellations - Class IX

Constellation is a group of stars that forms a distinctive pattern in the night sky. Constellation is not a part of the solar system

Sirius is located close to Orion. If an imaginary straight line is made to pass through the middle stars of Orion towards the East, it leads to Sirius.

A group of stars forming a recognisable shape is called a constellation. Those were made by ancient people for easy recognition of stars.

The $7$ prominent stars of Ursa Major for the shape of a big ladle in which $3$ stars form the handle and the other $4$ form the bowl of the ladle.

The other names for Ursa Major are the Big Dipper, the Great Bear and the Saptarshi.

Ursa Major can be used to locate the Pole star by extending an imaginary straight line towards the north from the last tow stars.

Out of the 7 or 8 bright stars of the Orion, 3 form a straight line in the middle resembling the belt of the hunter and the other four form or five form the quadrilateral.

Pole star can be located using Ursa Major by extending an imaginary line from the last two stars towards the North direction.

Hunter is another name for the constellation Orion, which can be used to locate the brightest star Sirius by extending an imaginary straight line from the three middle stars towards the East.

Cassiopeia has 5 prominent stars that shine brightly and appear like a distorted letter W or M. It is visible in the northern sky during winters early in the night.

The bright stars of Ursa Major appear to be like a big ladle with 3 stars forming the handle and 4 stars forming the bowl.

Pole star lies close to the axis of rotation of Earth and hence appears to be fixed in one position. The other stars and constellation including the Ursa Major appear to revolve around it.

Many stars form the constellation but only few of them shine brightly and can be seen through naked eyes clearly. These are the prominent stars of the constellation and those help in locating the constellation.

Cassiopeia constellation appears in the northern hemisphere and can be seen in winter during the early part of night.

Gemini Constellation is one of the zodiac constellations. Its Latin name is twins.

Orion is another well-known constellation that can be seen during winter in the late evenings. It is one of the most magnificent constellations in the sky. It also has seven or eight bright stars. Orion is also called the Hunter.

Ursa major looks like a big bear.

Saptarshi is known as the great bear due to its shape like bear. Another name of Saptarshi is dhruva tara.

Constellations were phrased by ancient people to enable easy recognition of stars. Constellations resemble objects that were familiar to those people. Orion resembles the hunter, and the 3 middle stars of the constellation represent the belt of the hunter.

Group of stars in the sky that form an imaginary picture is called constellation there are various constellation in the sky.

Sirius star is the most brightest star and it belong to the Canis Major Constellation.