A named star pattern, or asterism, in the sky
“A named star pattern, or asterism, in the sky” is a question in OnlyClick, and our answer book knows 39 answers to it. Most people go straight for Big Dipper, Orion's Belt or Pleiades, so those barely lift the rocket. It is a fairly short list: only 10 answers sit in the two rarest tiers, so reaching one takes real knowledge.
Space questions reward anyone who remembers the names behind the famous missions, not just the missions themselves. You will find it in stage 18, “Night-Sky Tour”, of the Cosmos mission. The first stages of every mission are free, and later stages come with the full mission.
PLAY ONLYCLICK FREEThe most common answers
EVERYONE- Big Dipper
- Orion's Belt
- Pleiades
- Little Dipper
- Southern Cross
- Summer Triangle
- Winter Triangle
- Teapot
- Northern Cross
- Great Square of Pegasus
- W of Cassiopeia
- Big Dipper Handle
- Dipper's Bowl
These are the 13 answers we rate as most common, out of the 39 we know. They score the least. The other 26, including every rare one, stay inside the game.
How the 39 answers are spread
| EVERYONE | 6 |
| THE CROWD | 7 |
| SOME | 9 |
| A FEW | 7 |
| ALMOST NOBODY | 7 |
| ONLY YOU | 3 |
The rarer your answer, the farther your rocket flies. Rarity is our own estimate of how few people would think of an answer. How to play.
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