swap_horiz Manis Alternatives

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Ursa Major

The Great Bear of the northern sky, Ursa Major contains the Big Dipper, a familiar star pattern within a much larger con...

Northern Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

8.91 Great

2

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

3

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

4

Canis Major

Representing the Greater Dog, Canis Major lies in the southern celestial sky and contains Sirius, the brightest star in...

Ancient Animal Southern Ptolemaic

8.23 Great

5

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

6

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

7

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

8

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

7.18 Good

9

Rangifer

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

Northern Animal Obsolete Eighteenth

4.45 Poor

10

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

Testudo

Testudo was a proposed tortoise constellation introduced by John Hill in 1754. Hill associated the figure with stars in...

Animal Obsolete Lyra Seventeenth

2.25 Poor

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Aranea

Aranea was an obsolete constellation proposed by the English naturalist John Hill in his 1754 astronomical work Urania....

Western Obsolete Hill Spider

2.10 Poor

17

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

18

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

19

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