A constellation is merely a patch of sky, with stars seen from Earth. As Cesar A. K. Grossmann says, there are the most stars in the direction of Sagittarius. But that' only for our own galaxy. But Virgo contains the enormous Virgo Cluster. read more
A constellation is merely a patch of sky, with stars seen from Earth. As Cesar A. K. Grossmann says, there are the most stars in the direction of Sagittarius. But that’ only for our own galaxy. But Virgo contains the enormous Virgo Cluster. read more
The oldest Babylonian star catalogues of stars and constellations date back to the beginning in the Middle Bronze Age, most notably the Three Stars Each texts and the MUL.APIN, an expanded and revised version based on more accurate observation from around 1000 BC. read more
Some of the most obvious stars in a constellation are often given names and in general, the most visible stars of each constellation are assigned Greek letters with the brightest taking on the first letter of the greek alphabet (alpha), the second brightest taking beta and so on. read more