swap_horiz Monoceros Alternatives

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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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Crux

Crux is a small constellation located in the southern sky. It’s recognizable as the “Cross” shape and is notable for bei...

Modern Object Southern Bayer

9.6 Brilliant

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Cassiopeia

Cassiopeia is a northern constellation recognized for its distinctive W-shaped pattern. It was prominent within ancient...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

9.2 Excellent

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Centaurus

Centaurus is a large southern constellation representing a centaur, famous for containing the Alpha Centauri star system...

Mythological Ancient Southern Ptolemaic

8.8 Great

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Auriga

Auriga is a northern constellation representing a charioteer, notable for containing Capella, the sixth-brightest star i...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

8.5 Great

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Pegasus

Pegasus, cataloged by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, is a large northern constellation representing the mythological winged...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

8.5 Great

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Boötes

Boötes is a large northern constellation representing a herdsman, famous for its dominant star Arcturus and recognized b...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

8.4 Great

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Perseus

Perseus is a northern constellation cataloged by Ptolemy in the 2nd century that represents the Greek hero and is distin...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

7.9 Good

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Draco

Draco, representing a dragon slain by Hercules in Greek mythology, is a large northern circumpolar constellation catalog...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

7.6 Good

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Cetus

Cetus is a large equatorial constellation representing a sea monster or whale, known for the variable star Mira, and rec...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

7.3 Good

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Cepheus

Cepheus is a northern constellation representing a mythological king, notable for the variable star Delta Cephei, and li...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

6.8 Fair

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Ophiuchus

Cataloged by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, Ophiuchus is a large northern constellation representing a serpent bearer and i...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

6.8 Fair

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Tucana

Tucana is a southern constellation representing a toucan, introduced by Petrus Plancius in 1598 and noted for containing...

Bird Modern Southern Bayer

6.7 Fair

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Serpens

Serpens is a unique northern constellation representing a serpent, notable for being the only modern constellation split...

Equatorial Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

6.4 Fair

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Eridanus

Eridanus, depicted as a river in Greek mythology, is a vast northern constellation cataloged by Ptolemy in the 2nd centu...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

6.0 Fair

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Coma Berenices

Coma Berenices is a northern constellation representing a queen's hair, noted for containing the northern part of the Vi...

Modern Northern Mythological Ptolemaic Adjacent

5.5 Mediocre

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Dorado

Dorado, the dolphinfish or swordfish, is a southern constellation introduced by Petrus Plancius in 1597 that notably con...

Modern Animal Southern Bayer

5.3 Mediocre

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Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe is a small southern constellation representing a southern triangle, distinguished on star maps by Ge...

Modern Object Southern Bayer

5.2 Mediocre

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Pavo

Introduced by Petrus Plancius in 1597, Pavo is a southern constellation representing a peacock and is notable for contai...

Bird Modern Southern Bayer

5.1 Mediocre

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Grus

Grus, representing a crane, is a southern constellation introduced by Petrus Plancius in the late 16th century and noted...

Bird Modern Southern Bayer

4.9 Poor