Star Constellation Today
Orion the hunter bears a Greek name but had been seen as a hunter-hero. The Leo constellation brightest star is Regulus which is around 80 light-years from Earth. The Constellations Star Patterns In The Sky The word constellation comes from a Late Latin word constellstio which can be translated to mean set of stars Constellation is used to describe a recognizable pattern of stars whose appearance is linked to a mythological creature. Star constellation today . Cassiopeia This W-shaped constellation lying in the Milky Way is easy to find and contains some interesting Messier objects. 3 Apus Bird of Paradise. As a binary star system it consists of one star 25x the size our sun and a smaller white-dwarf star 92 000 times its density. 5 Aquila Thunderbolt Eagle. The sky is divided into 88 constellations. It is located approximately 359 light-years distant from Earth. These are Ursa Major Boötes Leo Cancer Virgo and Hydra. Refer to the star group as Ip the scorpion kin...