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Both galaxies and constellations are groups of stars. Give two differences between them.

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The difference between galaxy and constellation are as follows:

Galaxy Constellation

A galaxy is a group of billion stars. A constellation is a group of a few stars that appears to form a pattern when viewed from the Earth.

There are billions of galaxies in the universe.
There are only 88 constellations.

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