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Big Dipper, the Summer Triangle is an asterism - a pattern of stars that is not one of the officially recognized 88 constellations.— Earth & Sky Podcast
You may put that in the marginal notes though, to prevent criticism--only mark it with a small asterism, and say, 'Jehu was formerly a hackney coachman LADY FROTH.— The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]
[412] A similar superstition prevails in the Central Provinces about a man dying in the Mul Nakshatra or lunar asterism, which is perhaps the same or some similar period.— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II
Mourning impurity The higher clans consider themselves impure for a period of 12 days after a birth, and if the birth falls in the Mul asterism or Nakshatra, for 27 days.— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala
This asterism was confessedly first taken notice of by Perez or Perseus, by which is meant the Persians 810] Versaque ab axe suo Parrhasis Arctos erat In the east, where the worship of Arez greatly prevailed, there were to be found many nations called after this manner.— A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)

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