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Crux

The compact cross-shaped star pattern of Crux gives the southern constellation its familiar name, the Southern Cross. It...

Modern Object Southern Bayer

8.79 Great

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Vultur cadens

Vultur cadens, meaning falling vulture, is a historical designation associated with Lyra and its bright star Vega. Older...

Bird Classical Obsolete Alternate

8.45 Great

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Vultur volans

Meaning flying vulture, Vultur volans is a historical Latin alternative name for Aquila. The modern constellation is usu...

Bird Classical Obsolete Alternate

8.30 Great

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Canis Major

Representing the Greater Dog, Canis Major lies in the southern celestial sky and contains Sirius, the brightest star in...

Ancient Animal Southern Ptolemaic

8.23 Great

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Serpentarius

Serpentarius is a historical Latin name for Ophiuchus, the constellation represented as a person holding a serpent. It r...

Classical Human Obsolete Alternate

8.15 Great

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Centaurus

The constellation Centaurus is located primarily in the southern sky. It’s historically significant as a representation...

Mythological Ancient Southern Ptolemaic

8.05 Great

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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

5.72 Mediocre

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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

4.91 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

4.45 Poor

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Gloria Frederici

Gloria Frederici, also called Honores Friderici or Frederici Honores, was an obsolete constellation introduced by German...

Royal Obsolete Andromeda Bode

4.10 Poor

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Psalterium Georgianum

Psalterium Georgianum, or George's Psaltery, is an obsolete constellation introduced in 1789 by Maximilian Hell, a Hunga...

Instrument Royal Obsolete Hell

3.00 Poor

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Norma Nilotica

Norma Nilotica, Latin for 'nilometer,' was a constellation proposed by the British astronomer Alexander Jamieson in his...

Instrument Aquarius Obsolete Bode

2.85 Poor

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Battery of Volta

The Battery of Volta was a short-lived constellation proposed by the English polymath Thomas Young in 1807, placed betwe...

Instrument Young Obsolete Pegasus

2.65 Poor

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Hippocampus

Hippocampus, meaning sea horse, was a proposed constellation published by the English naturalist John Hill in his 1754 a...

Mythic Sea Obsolete Hill

2.35 Poor

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Manis

Manis was a proposed constellation introduced by the English naturalist and writer John Hill in his 1754 star catalogue...

Western Animal Obsolete Hill

2.30 Poor

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Aranea

Aranea was an obsolete constellation proposed by the English naturalist John Hill in his 1754 astronomical work Urania....

Western Obsolete Hill Spider

2.10 Poor

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Hirudo

Hirudo was an obsolete constellation proposed by the English naturalist John Hill in Urania, published in 1754. It repre...

Western Animal Obsolete Hill

2.05 Poor

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Scarabaeus

Scarabaeus was an obsolete constellation proposed by the British writer and naturalist John Hill in 1754. Its figure rep...

Insect Western Obsolete Hill

2.00 Poor

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Dentalium

Dentalium was an obsolete constellation proposed by John Hill in 1754. Hill used the Latin name for tusk shells and plac...

Western Shell Obsolete Hill

1.95 Poor

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Patella

Patella was an obsolete constellation proposed by English writer and naturalist John Hill in 1754. Its name means "kneec...

Western Shell Obsolete Hill

1.80 Poor