Star train

The sequence of stars on the imaginary lines in a constellation - for example the sequence of the 7 stars of the Big Dipper or the long chain of dragons - and brittle stars are called the star train or star train . Arcs or auxiliary directions ( alignments ) to make it easier to find neighboring constellations are also called star lines.

In contrast, line-like constellations are called rows of stars , for example the long five - star row extending from Perseus to Pegasus .

In contrast to the outer boundaries of the constellations (border line), which were established in 1928 by the International Astronomical Union , the star line is not standardized.

A distinction must also be made between the star and border line, the line of figures , which denotes the painted constellation figures of the past centuries.

See also : Sternenzug, a short film made by Johannes Schmid in 1996

literature

• Hermann Mucke: The skyscape of the constellations . Der Sternenbote , p. 42ff, Vol. 48, 2005
• Gerhard Fasching: Constellations and their Myths , Springer-Verlag Vienna-New York, 1998