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A terminological database of the constellations.

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Only two bright stars of Argo - seen to the left of Canis Major - are visible in Britain; the others, including Canopus the next star in brightness to Sirius, are too far south.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

Altair and his two companions point downwards to the two stars, the western star of the zodiacal constellation of Capricornus.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

The constellation of Draco, the dragon, is a beautiful line of stars sweeping gracefully round between the Plough and Ursa Major.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

This constellation appears in the heavens shaped like a W - one half being more flattened than the other. Its place is easily found when we know the Pole Star and the Plough.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

Boötes is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere.

Domain: Astrology; Category: General astrology

Aquila is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it represents the bird who carried Zeus's/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology.

Domain: Astrology; Category: Zodiac; General astrology

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