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

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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Cetus

Cetus is a large constellation that lies across the celestial equator and is traditionally represented as a sea monster...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

7.3 Good

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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

7.2 Good

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Corona Borealis

Corona Borealis is a small constellation in the northern sky whose principal stars form a recognizable semicircular or c...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

6.9 Fair

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Ophiuchus

Ophiuchus is a large constellation representing a serpent bearer. It is one of the 48 constellations recorded by the anc...

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

6.8 Fair

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Serpens

Serpens is a constellation on the celestial equator that represents a serpent. It is divided into two separate regions,...

Equatorial Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

6.4 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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Eridanus

Eridanus is a large constellation in the southern part of the celestial sphere, extending across the celestial equator....

Mythological Equatorial Ancient Ptolemaic

6.0 Fair

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Monoceros

Monoceros is a constellation located on the celestial equator and named from the Latin word for unicorn. It is a relativ...

Modern Mythological Equatorial Bayer

5.8 Mediocre

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Tubus Herschelii Major

Tubus Herschelii Major is an obsolete constellation representing William Herschel's reflecting telescope, introduced by...

Equatorial Historical Obsolete Bode

5.7 Mediocre

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Triangulum

Triangulum is a small constellation in the northern sky whose principal stars form a distinctive triangular pattern. It...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

5.6 Mediocre

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Sagitta

Sagitta is a small northern constellation whose name means “the arrow.” It is one of the 48 constellations recorded by t...

Northern Object Ancient Ptolemaic

5.5 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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Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere whose name means “southern triangle.”...

Modern Object Southern Bayer

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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Tubus Herschelii Minor

Tubus Herschelii Minor is an obsolete constellation once used in historical European celestial maps. It represented a sm...

Equatorial Historical Obsolete Bode

4.9 Poor

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Lepus

Lepus is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, lying just south of the celestial equator and immediately...

Equatorial Ancient Animal Ptolemaic

4.7 Poor

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Sextans

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

Modern Equatorial Scientific Instrument Hevelius

3.6 Poor