swap_horiz Serpentarius Alternatives

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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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Vultur volans

Vultur volans refers to the ancient Roman designation of the constellation Aquila, meaning “Flying Vulture.” This conste...

Bird Classical Obsolete Alternate

8.3 Great

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Argo Navis

Argo Navis was an ancient, massive southern constellation representing Jason's ship, uniquely dismantled into Carina, Pu...

Southern Obsolete Ptolemaic Argonautis

8.2 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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Asselli and Praesepe

Asselli and Praesepe are the two Ass stars and the Beehive Cluster in Cancer, an ancient asterism described by Aratus in...

Classical Ancient Cancer Obsolete

7.6 Good

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Capra and Haedi

Capra and Haedi are the goat Amalthea and her Kids in Auriga, an ancient asterism around Capella and Zeta and Eta Auriga...

Ancient Obsolete Goat Auriga

7.4 Good

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Xiphias

Xiphias is an obsolete swordfish name for Dorado, used by Johannes Kepler in the 1627 Rudolphine Tables; Dorado contains...

Obsolete Fish Kepler Dorado

6.7 Fair

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Antinous

Antinous was a former constellation in southern Aquila, linked to Hadrian's companion and treated separately by Tycho Br...

Ancient Human Obsolete Aquila

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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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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Polophylax

Polophylax is an obsolete constellation representing a guardian of the pole, introduced by Dutch astronomer Petrus Planc...

Mythological Historical Obsolete Guardian

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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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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Rangifer

Rangifer was Pierre Charles Le Monnier's 1736 Reindeer between Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis, also known as Tarandus in...

Northern Animal Obsolete Eighteenth

4.5 Poor

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Lilium

Lilium was Augustin Royer's 1679 fleur-de-lys constellation for Louis XIV, using stars later known as Musca Borealis nea...

Flower Obsolete Aries Seventeenth

4.4 Poor

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Anser Americanus

Anser Americanus was Kepler's 1627 Latin alternative for Tucana, the American Goose, later superseded by modern Tucana i...

Bird Obsolete Alternate Kepler

4.2 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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Apes

Apes was Petrus Plancius's 1612 northern Bees constellation between Perseus and Aries, later renamed Vespa, Lilium, and...

Insect Obsolete Aries Seventeenth

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