Asterismus

Brocchi's Cluster, asterismus conspicuus in sidere Vulpecula facile visus.

Asterismus in astronomia est stellarum in caelo visum specimen quod non est sidus. Plerumque asterismorum figurae sunt simplices. Sicut sidera, asterismi consistunt in stellis non finitimis, quae stellas in pluribus sideribus possunt amplecti. Exempli gratia, Triangulum Aestivum stellas in Vega (in Lyra), Deneb (in Cygno), et Altair (in Aquila) complectitur.

Fontes

• Allen, Richard Hinckley. (1899)1969. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning. Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-21079-0.
• Burnham, Robert, Jr. 1978. Burnham's Celestial Handbook (3 vols). Dover Publications Inc. ISBN 0-486-23567-X, ISBN 0-486-23568-8, ISBN 0-486-23673-0.
• Michanowsky, George. 1979. The Once and Future Star. Barnes and Noble Books. ISBN 0-06-464027-2.
• Pasachoff, Jay M. 2000. A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets. 4a ed. Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0-395-93431-1.

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