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Visualize the constellations and the stars contained within their boundaries
ResourceFunction["ConstellationChart"][const] generates a chart of the specified constellation const. |
| "BoundaryLineStyle" | boundary line style | |
| "GridStyle" | grid style | |
| "HighlightedRegionStyle" | Opacity[0] | highlighted region style |
| "LineArtStyle" | line art style | |
| "MagnitudeLimit" | 5 | magnitude limit |
| "MagnitudeScalingFunction" | (Max[0,0.02 -0.0023#1]&) | magnitude scaling function |
| "MaskRegionStyle" | mask region style | |
| "StarLabels" | Automatic | star labels |
| "StarStyle" | star style |
Visualize the constellation Orion, its boundaries, line art, and the stars it contains:
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Interpret the specified string as a constellation entity:
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Supported constellations include Northern Hemisphere constellations, like Ursa Major:
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Southern Hemisphere constellations like Crux are also supported:
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The boundary line style can be changed:
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The boundary line can also be turned off:
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The style of the equatorial coordinate grid can be changed:
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The equatorial coordinate grid can also be turned off:
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The style of the highlighted region can be changed:
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The highlighted region can also be turned off:
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The style of line art can be changed:
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Line art can also be turned off:
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Fainter stars can be seen by changing the magnitude limit:
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Constellations like Sagittarius have many faint stars due to being in the direction of the galactic center:
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Constellations like Coma Berenices have relatively fewer stars due to being observed far from the galactic plane:
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Provide a different scaling function for stars based on apparent magnitude:
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The style of the outer mask region can be changed:
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The outer mask region can also be removed:
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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:
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Label the eight brightest stars:
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The style of the stars can be changed:
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Stars can also be turned off:
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ConstellationChart can accept any of the 88 official IAU-recognized constellations found in the "Constellation" entity type:
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The current location of a given constellation in your local sky can be found using the resource function SkyChart:
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Additional properties of constellations can be found using the entity framework:
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The "Constellation" entity type provides the "ConstellationGraphic" property with similar results to ConstellationChart, but ConstellationChart provides options for customizing the results more easily:
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The constellation Serpens is made up of two disjoint regions:
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Create a darker themed result:
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