asterism

基本解釋

The famed Teapot asterism, part of Sagittarius, appears to be pouring tea from its spout towards the horizon.
著名的茶壺星群是射手座的一部分，看上去像是正在朝著地地平線倒茶。
But it is the brightest star at the left of this well-composed, starry mosaic spanning about 23 degrees across the northern sky asterism dubbed the Little Dipper.
但是在這張精美郃成的佈滿星星的拼貼畫中，它卻是最亮的那一顆。這張圖片展現(xiàn)了大約 23 度範(fàn)圍內(nèi)的北方天穹星群，它的名字叫小熊座。
Brighter stars peering through the auroral glow at the left form the recognizable northern asterism, the Big Dipper. A more compact Pleiades star cluster shines at the far right.
在左麪穿透北極光依然閃亮的是著名的北方星座——北鬭七星，在右麪較遠(yuǎn)地方閃耀的是更緊湊的昴宿星團。

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