swap_horiz Scutum 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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Lyra

Cataloged by Ptolemy in the 2nd century, Lyra is a northern constellation representing Orpheus's lyre and is distinguish...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

8.5 Great

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Scutum Sobiescianum

Scutum Sobiescianum is the original name of the constellation Scutum, introduced by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius...

Historical Figure Weapon Historical Obsolete

8.2 Great

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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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Corona Borealis

Corona Borealis is a small northern constellation representing a crown, distinguished by its distinct arc shape and cata...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

6.9 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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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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Chara

Chara was one of Hevelius's two dogs in Canes Venatici, named in 1690; the name survives as Beta Canum Venaticorum's pro...

Dog Obsolete Hevelius Seventeenth

6.1 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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Monoceros

Introduced by Petrus Plancius in 1612, Monoceros is a faint constellation on the celestial equator that represents a uni...

Modern Mythological Equatorial Bayer

5.8 Mediocre

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Triangulum

Triangulum is a small northern constellation representing a triangle, notable for containing the Triangulum Galaxy, a ma...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

5.6 Mediocre

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Sagitta

Sagitta is a tiny but ancient northern constellation representing an arrow, distinguished as one of the original 48 cons...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

5.5 Mediocre

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Asterion

Asterion was one of Hevelius's two hunting dogs in Canes Venatici, named in 1690 and later absorbed into the modern cons...

Dog Obsolete Hevelius Seventeenth

5.4 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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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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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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Sextans

Sextans is a faint equatorial constellation representing a sextant, introduced by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in...

Modern Equatorial Scientific Instrument Hevelius

3.6 Poor

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Triangulum Minus

Triangulum Minus was a former constellation composed of three faint stars south of Triangulum, introduced by Johannes He...

Object Historical Obsolete Hevelius

2.6 Poor

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Clypeus Sobieskii

Clypeus Sobieskii was a former constellation representing the shield of Polish King John III Sobieski, introduced by Joh...

Object Royal Obsolete Hevelius

1.6 Poor