Visualize the constellations and the stars contained within their boundaries
Contributed by:
Jeff Bryant
Examples
Basic Examples (2)
Visualize the constellation Orion, its boundaries, line art and the stars it contains:
Interpret the specified string as a constellation entity:
Scope (2)
Supported constellations include Northern Hemisphere constellations, like Ursa Major:
Southern Hemisphere constellations like Crux are also supported:
Options (18)
BoundaryLineStyle (2)
The boundary line style can be changed:
The boundary line can also be turned off:
GridStyle (2)
The style of the equatorial coordinate grid can be changed:
The equatorial coordinate grid can also be turned off:
HighlightedRegionStyle (2)
The style of the highlighted region can be changed:
The highlighted region can also be turned off:
LineArtStyle (2)
The style of line art can be changed:
Line art can also be turned off:
MagnitudeLimit (3)
Fainter stars can be seen by changing the magnitude limit:
Constellations like Sagittarius have many faint stars due to being in the direction of the galactic center:
Constellations like Coma Berenices have relatively fewer stars due to being observed far from the galactic plane:
MagnitudeScalingFunction (1)
Provide a different scaling function for stars based on apparent magnitude:
MaskRegionStyle (2)
The style of the outer mask region can be changed:
The outer mask region can also be removed:
PlotRange (1)
Zooming into a specific area of a constellation region can be done using PlotRange, such as this view of the Pleiades star cluster in Taurus:
StarLabels (1)
Label the eight brightest stars:
StarStyle (2)
The style of the stars can be changed:
Stars can also be turned off:
Properties and Relations (2)
ConstellationChart can accept any of the 88 official IAU recognized constellations found in the "Constellation" entity type:
The current location of a given constellation in your local sky can be found using the resource function SkyChart:
Additional properties of constellations can be found using the entity framework:
The "Constellation" entity type provides the "ConstellationGraphic" property with similar results to ConstellationChart, but ConstellationChart provides options for customizing the results more easily:
Neat Examples (1)
The constellation Serpens is made up of two disjoint regions:
Version History
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1.0.1
– 05 August 2022
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1.0.0
– 07 July 2021
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