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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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Cygnus

Cygnus, also known as the Swan constellation, is one of the most recognizable patterns in the northern sky. It’s notable...

Bird Northern Ancient Ptolemaic

9.4 Excellent

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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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Auriga

Auriga is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere that was cataloged by Ptolemy in the 2nd century. It repr...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

8.5 Great

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Lyra

Lyra is a small constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere that was cataloged by the astronomer Ptolemy in the 2...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

8.5 Great

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Pegasus

Pegasus is a large constellation in the northern sky that was officially cataloged by the astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

8.5 Great

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Vultur cadens

Vultur cadens was an obsolete constellation identified by ancient astronomers. It’s historically significant as a Latin...

Bird Classical Obsolete Alternate

8.5 Great

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Boötes

Boötes is a large, ancient constellation in the northern sky, historically depicted as a herdsman or plowman. It was for...

Northern Mythological Ancient Ptolemaic

8.4 Great

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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

6.7 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

6.1 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

6.1 Fair

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Phaethon

Phaethon was a medieval star figure identified with Auriga, recalling Helios's son whose fatal chariot ride was retold b...

Mythic Obsolete Eridanus Seventeenth

5.8 Mediocre

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Asterion

Asterion was one of the two hunting dogs drawn by Johannes Hevelius in the seventeenth century. Hevelius introduced the...

Dog Obsolete Hevelius Seventeenth

5.4 Mediocre

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Ramus Pomifer

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

Branch Obsolete Hercules Hevelius

4.9 Poor

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Rangifer

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

Northern Animal Obsolete Eighteenth

4.5 Poor

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Lilium

Lilium was an obsolete constellation proposed by the French astronomer and architect Augustin Royer in 1679. Named for t...

Flower Obsolete Aries Seventeenth

4.4 Poor

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Anser Americanus

Anser Americanus was an alternative Latin name for the southern constellation now called Tucana. The name means American...

Bird Obsolete Alternate Kepler

4.2 Poor

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Apes

Apes was an obsolete constellation introduced by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius on a 1612 celestial globe to represent...

Insect Obsolete Aries Seventeenth

4.1 Poor

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Cancer Minor

Cancer Minor, the 'Lesser Crab,' was a small constellation introduced by the Dutch astronomer and cartographer Petrus Pl...

Obsolete Gemini Crab Seventeenth

3.2 Poor

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Testudo

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

Animal Obsolete Lyra Seventeenth

2.3 Poor