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Orion

Orion is a well-known constellation easily identified in the night sky. It’s notable for its ancient origins dating back...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

9.9 Brilliant

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Cetus

Cetus is a large constellation that lies across the celestial equator and is traditionally represented as a sea monster...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

7.3 Good

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Vulpecula cum Ansere

Vulpecula cum Ansere, Latin for "the little fox with the goose," is a former constellation introduced by Polish astronom...

Northern Historical Animal Hevelius

7.2 Good

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Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus is a large constellation representing a serpent bearer. It is one of the 48 constellations recorded by the anc...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

6.8 Fair

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Serpens

Serpens is a constellation on the celestial equator that represents a serpent. It is divided into two separate regions,...

Equatorial Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

6.4 Fair

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Chara

Chara is a historical name associated with one of the two hunting dogs depicted by Johannes Hevelius in the constellatio...

Dog Obsolete Hevelius Seventeenth

6.1 Fair

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Eridanus

Eridanus is a large constellation in the southern part of the celestial sphere, extending across the celestial equator....

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

6.0 Fair

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Monoceros

Monoceros is a constellation located on the celestial equator and named from the Latin word for unicorn. It is a relativ...

Modern Mythological Equatorial Bayer

5.8 Mediocre

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Tubus Herschelii Major

Tubus Herschelii Major is an obsolete constellation representing William Herschel's reflecting telescope, introduced by...

Equatorial Historical Obsolete Bode

5.7 Mediocre

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Asterion

Asterion was one of the two hunting dogs drawn by Johannes Hevelius in the seventeenth century. Hevelius introduced the...

Dog Obsolete Hevelius Seventeenth

5.4 Mediocre

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Ramus Pomifer

Ramus Pomifer was Hevelius's 1690 Apple-Bearing Branch in Hercules; in 2025 the IAU named 102 Herculis Ramus after the o...

Branch Obsolete Hercules Hevelius

4.9 Poor

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Tubus Herschelii Minor

Tubus Herschelii Minor is an obsolete constellation once used in historical European celestial maps. It represented a sm...

Equatorial Historical Obsolete Bode

4.9 Poor

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Lepus

Lepus is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, lying just south of the celestial equator and immediately...

Equatorial Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

4.7 Poor

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Scutum

Scutum is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, lying just south of the celestial equator. Johanne...

Modern Object Equatorial Hevelius

4.6 Poor

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Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici is a small northern constellation introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the late seven...

Modern Northern Animal Hevelius

4.4 Poor

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Vulpecula

Vulpecula is a faint northern constellation whose name means little fox in Latin. Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in...

Modern Northern Animal Hevelius

4.4 Poor

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Octans

Octans is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, named by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille...

Modern Scientific Instrument Southern Lacaille

4.1 Poor

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Reticulum

Reticulum, Latin for 'net', is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky and one of the 88 modern constellations...

Modern Scientific Instrument Southern Lacaille

3.6 Poor

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Fornax

Fornax is a faint constellation in the southern sky, introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1756 under the name Forn...

Modern Scientific Instrument Southern Lacaille

3.5 Poor

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Sculptor

Sculptor is a faint constellation in the southern sky that contains the south galactic pole. It was charted by French as...

Modern Scientific Instrument Southern Lacaille

3.5 Poor