swap_horiz Aranea Alternatives

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Vultur cadens

Vultur cadens, meaning falling vulture, is a historical designation associated with Lyra and its bright star Vega. Older...

Bird Classical Obsolete Alternate

8.45 Great

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Vultur volans

Meaning flying vulture, Vultur volans is a historical Latin alternative name for Aquila. The modern constellation is usu...

Bird Classical Obsolete Alternate

8.30 Great

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Serpentarius

Serpentarius is a historical Latin name for Ophiuchus, the constellation represented as a person holding a serpent. It r...

Classical Human Obsolete Alternate

8.15 Great

4

Asselli and Praesepe

Asselli and Praesepe refer to an asterism in the constellation Cancer, consisting of two stars known as the Aselli (Lati...

Classical Ancient Cancer Obsolete

7.55 Good

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Capra and Haedi

Capra and Haedi are an ancient asterism in the constellation Auriga, representing a goat and her kids. Capella, the brig...

Ancient Obsolete Goat Auriga

7.35 Good

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Xiphias

Xiphias is an obsolete constellation name derived from the Greek word for swordfish. Johannes Kepler used the name in th...

Obsolete Fish Kepler Dorado

6.70 Fair

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Antinous

Antinous was a former constellation, drawn as a figure associated with Antinous, the young companion of the Roman empero...

Ancient Human Obsolete Aquila

6.35 Fair

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Tarandus vel Rangifer

Tarandus vel Rangifer is a former northern-sky constellation depicting a reindeer, also known by the names Tarandus, Ran...

Northern Historical Obsolete Lemonnier

6.14 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

6.05 Fair

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Rangifer

Rangifer, also called Tarandus, was an obsolete northern constellation representing a reindeer. French astronomer Pierre...

Northern Animal Obsolete Eighteenth

4.45 Poor

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Gloria Frederici

Gloria Frederici, also called Honores Friderici or Frederici Honores, was an obsolete constellation introduced by German...

Royal Obsolete Andromeda Bode

4.10 Poor

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Psalterium Georgianum

Psalterium Georgianum, or George's Psaltery, is an obsolete constellation introduced in 1789 by Maximilian Hell, a Hunga...

Instrument Royal Obsolete Hell

3.00 Poor

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Norma Nilotica

Norma Nilotica, Latin for 'nilometer,' was a constellation proposed by the British astronomer Alexander Jamieson in his...

Instrument Aquarius Obsolete Bode

2.85 Poor

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Solarium

Solarium was an obsolete constellation proposed by the British celestial cartographer Alexander Jamieson in his 1822 atl...

Instrument Southern Obsolete Bode

2.75 Poor

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Hippocampus

Hippocampus, meaning sea horse, was a proposed constellation published by the English naturalist John Hill in his 1754 a...

Mythic Sea Obsolete Hill

2.35 Poor

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Manis

Manis was a proposed constellation introduced by the English naturalist and writer John Hill in his 1754 star catalogue...

Western Animal Obsolete Hill

2.30 Poor

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Hirudo

Hirudo was an obsolete constellation proposed by the English naturalist John Hill in Urania, published in 1754. It repre...

Western Animal Obsolete Hill

2.05 Poor

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Scarabaeus

Scarabaeus was an obsolete constellation proposed by the British writer and naturalist John Hill in 1754. Its figure rep...

Insect Western Obsolete Hill

2.00 Poor

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Dentalium

Dentalium was an obsolete constellation proposed by John Hill in 1754. Hill used the Latin name for tusk shells and plac...

Western Shell Obsolete Hill

1.95 Poor

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Patella

Patella was an obsolete constellation proposed by English writer and naturalist John Hill in 1754. Its name means "kneec...

Western Shell Obsolete Hill

1.80 Poor