Learn the Sky | Asterisms - Common star patterns in the night sky @learnthesky | Uploaded February 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Asterisms are patterns or groups of stars that can be part of a constellation or a collection of constellations. Asterisms can also be basic shapes made up of a few stars. Sometimes they are clusters of a few brilliant stars.
Note: This video is written from the perspective of an observer in the northern hemisphere.

Chapters
0:00 - Asterisms Overview
0:53 - Circumpolar Asterisms
5:35 - Winter Asterism
8:16 - Spring Asterisms
16:21 - Summer Asterisms
19:48 - Autumn Asterisms

Circumpolar Asterisms:
Big Dipper (Ursa Major)
Little Dipper (Ursa Minor)
'W' of Cassiopeia (Cassiopeia)

Winter Asterisms:
Orion's Belt (Orion)
Winter Triangle
Winter Hexagon

Spring Asterisms:
Sickle (Leo)
Kite (Boötes)
Keystone (Hercules) and Butterfly (Hercules)
Northern Crown (Corona Borealis)
Southern Cross (Crux)

Summer Asterisms:
Summer Triangle
Northern Cross (Cygnus)
Fish Hook (Scorpius)
Teapot (Sagittarius)

Autumn Asterisms:
Great Square of Pegasus (Pegasus)
Circlet (of Pisces)
Job's Coffin (Delphinus)

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