Introduction

What's the difference between stars and constellations?

In a nutsell, Stars are Hot body of mostly hydrogen and helium gases. They give off heat and light.The Sun is an example of A Star, whereas Constellation,when seen from Earth, is a group of stars that forms a shapes or pattern.Ursa major is an example of constellation.
In a scientific sense, Stars are huge bodies of glowing gases(mostly hydrogen and helium).They are not star-shaped. They Give off tremendous amount of heat and light. The Distances of stars are expressed in terms of light year(1 light year=Distance travelled by light in one year).The color of A Star is determined by its temperature.The hottest star is of Blue color, which can go upto 30,000 k(kelvin) And the coolest is Red star,which can go upto 3,000 K. The Sun is a common example of A Star.

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Constellation is a configuration of stars forming different patterns or shapes. Astronomers have divided the sky into eighty-eight constellations with a fixed boundaries.Some of the examples of constellations are Ursa minor,Ursa major;it is the configuation of seven stars,Orion or Mriga.

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