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Asterisms (Astronomy)

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asterism Label from public data source Wikidata
Asterisms (Astronomy)

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found: Work cat.: 2006921158: Chiraballe, J.A. Pattern asterisms : a new way to chart the stars, c2006.

found: Oxford dict. astronomy(asterism: a distinctive pattern of stars that forms part of one or more constellations. Term also used to describe a group of stars that appear to form a cluster even though they are not related)

found: Web. 3.(asterism [astronomy]; a small group of stars)

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2006-07-28: new

2006-09-06: revised

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