Multiple Choice
If a star is described as being in the constellation Leo, a modern astronomer knows that it is:
A) somewhere in a particular region of sky having definite boundaries.
B) in a distant galaxy located in a particular direction from Earth.
C) inside a region of the sky bounded by two lines of right ascension in the sky.
D) one of a few individual bright stars that make a picture (of a lion) in the sky.
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