asterism

C6323
concept

An asterism is a recognizable pattern or grouping of stars in the night sky that is not officially classified as a constellation.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
asterism canonical 24
star pattern 2
asterism pattern 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: asterism
Generated description
An asterism is a recognizable pattern or grouping of stars in the night sky that is not officially classified as a constellation.

Instances (26)

Instance Via concept surface
the Teapot
Serpens Cauda
Apparatus Sculptoris (later part of Sculptor)
surface form: Apparatus Sculptoris
Southern Cross constellation
surface form: Southern Cross
Crux Australis
Orion
Southern Cross
Orion constellation
surface form: Orion
asterism region
Trapezium Cluster
the Bow of Sagittarius
surface form: Bow of Sagittarius
Teapot asterism
Serpens Caput
constellation Pegasus
surface form: Great Square of Pegasus
Greater Dog
Sagittarius constellation pattern asterism pattern
Crux constellation
surface form: Crux
Hydra asterism-bearing sky area
Orion's Sword
Orion quadrilateral
Lesser Dog
Aselli (the Donkeys)
Aries
Pusam
Northern Dipper
Messier 73
Keystone of Hercules