Sentence examples for asterism from inspiring English sources

Learning the constellations, tracing the asterism of Ursa Major (Plough in Britain, Big Dipper in America) with the naked eye, and pin-pointing Polaris became the starting point for exploring the heavens.

With the nearby bright stars Deneb and Vega, Altair forms the prominent asterism of the Summer Triangle.

With the bright stars Deneb and Altair, Vega is part of the prominent asterism of the Summer Triangle.

The constellation, one of the largest in the sky, contains three of the bright stars that make up the asterism of the Great Square.

Along with Vega and Altair, Deneb is one of the stars of the prominent asterism, the Summer Triangle.

Many of the stars in Leo form an asterism called the Sickle.

In order to obtain more convenient intervals, the Egyptians subdivided each of their asterisms into three parts, or decans.

From the earliest times the star groups known as constellations, the smaller groups (parts of constellations) known as asterisms, and also individual stars have received names connoting some meteorological phenomena or symbolizing religious or mythological beliefs.

The Egyptians told time at night by the rising of 12 asterisms (constellations), each requiring on average two hours to rise.

(Johnson) Guggenheim Museum: 'Gabriel Orozco: Asterisms' (closes on Sunday) For one-half of this two-part exhibition, Mr. Orozco and his team collected about 1,200 pieces of flotsam and jetsam that washed up on the beach of a nature preserve in Mexico.

The Guggenheim itself, in 2012, showed "Asterisms" by Gabriel Orozco, scores of often bulky items that had washed up on a beach in Mexico, carefully arranged according to color, material and function.