Learn the Sky | How to Find the Fish Hook Asterism in the Scorpius Constellation @learnthesky | Uploaded July 2023 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
The Fish Hook asterism, also known as the Fishhook or Maui's Hook, is a recognizable and culturally significant star pattern in the southern hemisphere's night sky. It is not a traditional constellation in Western astronomy but is more of an asterism, a smaller, non-officially recognized star grouping within a larger constellation. The Fish Hook is associated with the constellation Scorpius.

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▶ Coathanger Asterism (long exposure) By Giuseppe Donatiello - CR399 DSS - Brocchi’s Cluster, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62037154
▶ Book of Fixed Stars: By Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7342979
▶ Coathanger Asterism: By Petr Novák (astrofotky.cz/~karneades) - astrofotky.cz/gallery.php?show=karneades/1383504467.jpg, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=60397521

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