| In order to obtain more convenient intervals, the Egyptians subdivided each of their asterisms into three parts, or decans. |
| The Big Dipper, Summer Triangle, and Orion's Belt are asterisms. |
| Asterisms are the beauties of the starry skies, just search them out. |
| Two of the most famous asterisms in astronomy, the Big and Little Dippers hover above the pine trees at Carranza Field in the New Jersey Wharton State Forest. |
| Orion and the Great Bear are two of the most prominent asterisms visible from the northern hemisphere. |
| We call these shapes asterisms, which form part of larger groups that we call constellations. |
