constellation
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We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The meteors can appear anywhere in the sky, but their path seems to trace back to the constellation Perseus, which rises in the north east and climbs higher during the night.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Once darkness falls, look toward the northeast and wait for the constellation Perseus to rise above the horizon.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
So yes: The Rams are a constellation of stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
I held my finger in the air and connected the twinkling dots above the planet, tracing the Leo constellation.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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"We are lucky in Northern Ireland. We have quite a lot of dark places... and you can see lots of stars, lots of constellations."
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Starship's enormous payload capacity and planned rapid reuse make it well suited for ambitious projects such as lunar bases, Mars missions, and massive satellite constellations.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Satellite constellations operated separately from GPS such as Europe’s Galileo, terrestrial timing systems such as enhanced LORAN, and organizations maintaining their own resilient timing system would reduce dependence on a single vulnerable source.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
The study is the first to calculate how much the constellations of big and particularly bright satellites being planned would impact astronomical observations by making the night sky brighter.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
He’s already filled an entire wall with constellations.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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