swap_horiz Rangifer Alternatives

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Ursa Major

Ursa Major is a large constellation visible in the northern sky. It’s notable for containing the easily recognizable Big...

Northern Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

9.7 Brilliant

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Ursa Minor

Ursa Minor is a northern circumpolar constellation representing a little bear, notable for containing Polaris, the curre...

Northern Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

7.7 Good

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Delphinus

Delphinus is a small northern constellation representing a dolphin, recognizable by its distinct diamond-shaped pattern...

Northern Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

6.6 Fair

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Canis Minor

Canis Minor is a small northern constellation representing a smaller dog, known for the bright star Procyon, and origina...

Northern Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

6.1 Fair

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Quadrans Muralis

Quadrans Muralis was a northern constellation representing a mural quadrant, created by Johannes Hevelius in 1684 and re...

Northern Scientific Instrument Obsolete Hevelius

5.2 Mediocre

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Canes Venatici

Canes Venatici is a small northern constellation representing hunting dogs, created by Polish astronomer Johannes Heveli...

Modern Northern Animal Hevelius

4.4 Poor

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Vulpecula

Vulpecula is a faint northern constellation representing a fox, introduced by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 168...

Modern Northern Animal Hevelius

4.4 Poor

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Passer

Passer is an obsolete constellation representing a sparrow, briefly depicted on 17th-century southern sky charts before...

Bird Historical Animal Obsolete

4.1 Poor

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Gloria Frederici

Gloria Frederici was Bode's 1787 constellation honoring Frederick the Great of Prussia, placed near Andromeda after the...

Royal Obsolete Andromeda Bode

4.1 Poor

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Rosa

Rosa was Petrus Apianus's 1536 Rose constellation, an early symbolic addition that did not survive into the IAU's modern...

Northern Flower Obsolete Seventeenth

3.6 Poor

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Apis

Apis was a former southern hemisphere constellation representing a bee, created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius at t...

Animal Southern Obsolete Bayer

3.2 Poor

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Limax

Limax is an obsolete constellation representing a slug, created by British naturalist John Hill in his 1754 astronomical...

Historical Animal Obsolete Bode

3.2 Poor

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Psalterium Georgianum

Psalterium Georgianum was Maximilian Hell's 1789 George's Psaltery, formed from northern Eridanus stars to honor Britain...

Instrument Royal Obsolete Hell

3.0 Poor

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Musca Borealis

Musca Borealis was an obsolete northern constellation representing a northern fly, depicted above Aries by Johannes Heve...

Northern Historical Animal Obsolete

2.9 Poor

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Norma Nilotica

Norma Nilotica was Alexander Jamieson's 1822 Nilometer constellation on Aquarius's western edge, named for the Egyptian...

Instrument Aquarius Obsolete Bode

2.9 Poor

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Manis

Manis was John Hill's 1754 Pangolin constellation between Andromeda, Lacerta, and Cygnus, notable as one of his unusual...

Western Animal Obsolete Hill

2.3 Poor

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Lupus Borealis

Lupus Borealis was an obsolete astronomical constellation representing a northern wolf, notable for being one of many pr...

Northern Historical Animal Obsolete

2.1 Poor

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Lynx Borealis

Lynx Borealis was an obsolete astronomical constellation proposed to represent a northern lynx, distinguished as one of...

Northern Historical Animal Obsolete

2.1 Poor

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Hirudo

Hirudo was John Hill's 1754 Leech constellation in northern Orion, one of several obscure animal figures omitted from th...

Western Animal Obsolete Hill

2.1 Poor

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Tarandus

Tarandus was a former constellation representing a reindeer, introduced by French astronomer Pierre Charles Le Monnier i...

Northern Historical Animal Obsolete

1.9 Poor