Constellations: Milky Way

ˌkänstəˈlāSH(ə)n/

noun

• a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern that is traditionally named after its apparent form or identified with a mythological figure. Modern astronomers divide the sky into eighty-eight constellations with defined boundaries.

  • a group or cluster of related things.
    "no two patients ever show exactly the same constellation of symptoms"