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Vulpecula cum Ansere, Latin for "the little fox with the goose," is a former constellation introduced by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. It was depicted as a fox carrying a goose in its jaws, occupying a faint region of the northern sky. The constellation was later simplified to just Vu...

Chara is a historical name associated with one of the two hunting dogs depicted by Johannes Hevelius in the constellation Canes Venatici. The name was introduced in the seventeenth century, but it is no longer used as an official constellation or stellar designation in modern astronomy. The name sur...

Asterion was one of the two hunting dogs drawn by Johannes Hevelius in the seventeenth century. Hevelius introduced the pair as the constellation Canes Venatici, with Asterion representing one of the dogs and Chara the other. Asterion is not a separate modern constellation; its identity survives onl...

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

Scutum is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, lying just south of the celestial equator. Johannes Hevelius introduced it in 1684 as Scutum Sobiescianum, or the Shield of Sobieski, to honor Polish King John III Sobieski after the 1683 relief of Vienna. The International Astron...

Vulpecula is a faint northern constellation whose name means little fox in Latin. Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius introduced it in 1687, originally depicting a fox carrying a goose; the goose was later dropped from the standard name. The constellation lies in the northern celestial sky and conta...

Canes Venatici is a small northern constellation introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the late seventeenth century and formalized in his star atlas. It represents the hunting dogs Asterion and Chara, held by Boötes, and includes Alpha Canum Venaticorum, a binary star commonly cal...

Sextans is a faint equatorial constellation representing the sextant, introduced by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687 to commemorate the astronomical instrument he used for measuring star positions at Danzig. It lies south of Leo and contains no bright stars; its brightest, Alpha Sextantis...

Lacerta is a small northern-sky constellation whose name means lizard in Latin. Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius introduced it in the late seventeenth century, and it remains one of the 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. The constellation lies between parts of C...

Camelopardalis is a large, faint constellation in the northern sky that represents a giraffe. Petrus Plancius introduced the name on a celestial globe in 1612, and it is now one of the 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. It lies near the north celestial pole and con...

Leo Minor is a small northern constellation representing a lesser lion. Johannes Hevelius introduced it in 1687, and it is located between the larger constellations Leo and Ursa Major. Leo Minor is one of the 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union; its stars are relativ...

Lynx is a faint constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere, recognized by the International Astronomical Union as one of the 88 modern constellations. Johannes Hevelius introduced it in the 17th century and named it for the animal because its stars are difficult to see, requiring what he des...