| The Constellations | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constellation (Latin name) | Genitive Case Ending | English Name or Description | Abbreviation | Approximate Position: α (h) | Approximate Position: δ (°) |
| Andromeda | Andromedae | Princess of Ethiopia | And | 1 | +40 |
| Antila | Antilae | Air pump | Ant | 10 | −35 |
| Apus | Apodis | Bird of Paradise | Aps | 16 | −75 |
| Aquarius | Aquarii | Water bearer | Aqr | 23 | −15 |
| Aquila | Aquilae | Eagle | Aql | 20 | +5 |
| Ara | Arae | Altar | Ara | 17 | −55 |
| Aries | Arietis | Ram | Ari | 3 | +20 |
| Auriga | Aurigae | Charioteer | Aur | 6 | +40 |
| Boötes | Boötis | Herdsman | Boo | 15 | +30 |
| Caelum | Cael | Graving tool | Cae | 5 | −40 |
| Camelopardus | Camelopardis | Giraffe | Cam | 6 | +70 |
| Cancer | Cancri | Crab | Cnc | 9 | +20 |
| Canes Venatici | Canum Venaticorum | Hunting dogs | CVn | 13 | +40 |
| Canis Major | Canis Majoris | Big dog | CMa | 7 | −20 |
| Canis Minor | Canis Minoris | Little dog | CMi | 8 | +5 |
| Capricornus | Capricorni | Sea goat | Cap | 21 | −20 |
| Carina[1] | Carinae | Keel of Argonauts’ ship | Car | 9 | −60 |
| Cassiopeia | Cassiopeiae | Queen of Ethiopia | Cas | 1 | +60 |
| Centaurus | Centauri | Centaur | Cen | 13 | −50 |
| Cepheus | Cephei | King of Ethiopia | Cep | 22 | +70 |
| Cetus | Ceti | Sea monster (whale) | Cet | 2 | −10 |
| Chamaeleon | Chamaeleontis | Chameleon | Cha | 11 | −80 |
| Circinus | Circini | Compasses | Cir | 15 | −60 |
| Columba | Columbae | Dove | Col | 6 | −35 |
| Coma Berenices | Comae Berenices | Berenice’s hair | Com | 13 | +20 |
| Corona Australis | Coronae Australis | Southern crown | CrA | 19 | −40 |
| Corona Borealis | Coronae Borealis | Northern crown | CrB | 16 | +30 |
| Corvus | Corvi | Crow | Crv | 12 | −20 |
| Crater | Crateris | Cup | Crt | 11 | −15 |
| Crux | Crucis | Cross (southern) | Cru | 12 | −60 |
| Cygnus | Cygni | Swan | Cyg | 21 | +40 |
| Delphinus | Delphini | Porpoise | Del | 21 | +10 |
| Dorado | Doradus | Swordfish | Dor | 5 | −65 |
| Draco | Draconis | Dragon | Dra | 17 | +65 |
| Equuleus | Equulei | Little horse | Equ | 21 | +10 |
| Eridanus | Eridani | River | Eri | 3 | −20 |
| Fornax | Fornacis | Furnace | For | 3 | −30 |
| Gemini | Geminorum | Twins | Gem | 7 | +20 |
| Grus | Gruis | Crane | Gru | 22 | −45 |
| Hercules | Herculis | Hercules, son of Zeus | Her | 17 | +30 |
| Horologium | Horologii | Clock | Hor | 3 | −60 |
| Hydra | Hydrae | Sea serpent | Hya | 10 | −20 |
| Hydrus | Hydri | Water snake | Hyi | 2 | −75 |
| Indus | Indi | Indian | Ind | 21 | −55 |
| Lacerta | Lacertae | Lizard | Lac | 22 | +45 |
| Leo | Leonis | Lion | Leo | 11 | +15 |
| Leo Minor | Leonis Minoris | Little lion | LMi | 10 | +35 |
| Lepus | Leporis | Hare | Lep | 6 | −20 |
| Libra | Librae | Balance | Lib | 15 | −15 |
| Lupus | Lupi | Wolf | Lup | 15 | −45 |
| Lynx | Lyncis | Lynx | Lyn | 8 | +45 |
| Lyra | Lyrae | Lyre or harp | Lyr | 19 | +40 |
| Mensa | Mensae | Table Mountain | Men | 5 | −80 |
| Microscopium | Microscopii | Microscope | Mic | 21 | −35 |
| Monoceros | Monocerotis | Unicorn | Mon | 7 | −5 |
| Musca | Muscae | Fly | Mus | 12 | −70 |
| Norma | Normae | Carpenter’s level | Nor | 16 | −50 |
| Octans | Octantis | Octant | Oct | 22 | −85 |
| Ophiuchus | Ophiuchi | Holder of serpent | Oph | 17 | 0 |
| Orion | Orionis | Orion, the hunter | Ori | 5 | +5 |
| Pavo | Pavonis | Peacock | Pav | 20 | −65 |
| Pegasus | Pegasi | Pegasus, the winged horse | Peg | 22 | +20 |
| Perseus | Persei | Perseus, hero who saved Andromeda | Per | 3 | +45 |
| Phoenix | Phoenicis | Phoenix | Phe | 1 | −50 |
| Pictor | Pictoris | Easel | Pic | 6 | −55 |
| Pisces | Piscium | Fishes | Psc | 1 | +15 |
| Piscis Austrinus | Piscis Austrini | Southern fish | PsA | 22 | −30 |
| Puppis[2] | Puppis | Stern of the Argonauts’ ship | Pup | 8 | −40 |
| Pyxis[3] (=Malus) | Pyxidus | Compass of the Argonauts’ ship | Pyx | 9 | −30 |
| Reticulum | Reticuli | Net | Ret | 4 | −60 |
| Sagitta | Sagittae | Arrow | Sge | 20 | +10 |
| Sagittarius | Sagittarii | Archer | Sgr | 19 | −25 |
| Scorpius | Scorpii | Scorpion | Sco | 17 | −40 |
| Sculptor | Sculptoris | Sculptor’s tools | Scl | 0 | −30 |
| Scutum | Scuti | Shield | Sct | 19 | −10 |
| Serpens | Serpentis | Serpent | Ser | 17 | 0 |
| Sextans | Sextantis | Sextant | Sex | 10 | 0 |
| Taurus | Tauri | Bull | Tau | 4 | +15 |
| Telescopium | Telescopii | Telescope | Tel | 19 | −50 |
| Triangulum | Trianguli | Triangle | Tri | 2 | +30 |
| Triangulum Australe | Trianguli Australis | Southern triangle | TrA | 16 | −65 |
| Tucana | Tucanae | Toucan | Tuc | 0 | −65 |
| Ursa Major | Ursae Majoris | Big bear | UMa | 11 | +50 |
| Ursa Minor | Ursae Minoris | Little bear | UMi | 15 | +70 |
| Vela[4] | Velorum | Sail of the Argonauts’ ship | Vel | 9 | −50 |
| Virgo | Virginis | Virgin | Vir | 13 | 0 |
| Volans | Volantis | Flying fish | Vol | 8 | −70 |
| Vulpecula | Vulpeculae | Fox | Vul | 20 | +25 |
A table titled “The Constellations” with six columns and 89 rows. The first row is a header row and labels the columns “Constellation (Latin name)”, “Genitive Case Ending footnote: The four constellations Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela originally formed the single constellation Argo Navis.”, “English Name or Description”, “Abbreviation”, “Approximate Position: alpha (h)”, “Approximate Position: delta (degrees) From left to right, top to bottom, the rows start with the constellation name and read “Andromeda”, “Andromedae”, “Princess of Ethiopia”, “And”, “1”, “+40”, “Antila”, “Antilae”, “Air pump”, “Ant”, “10”, “−35”, “Apus”, “Apodis”, “Bird of Paradise”, “Aps”, “16”, “−75”, “Aquarius”, “Aquarii”, “Water bearer”, “Aqr”, “23”, “−15”, “Aquila”, “Aquilae”, “Eagle”, “Aql”, “20”, “+5”, “Ara”, “Arae”, “Altar”, “Ara”, “17”, “−55”, “Aries”, “Arietis”, “Ram”, “Ari”, “3”, “+20”, “Auriga”, “Aurigae”, “Charioteer”, “Aur”, “6”, “+40”, “Boötes”, “Boötis”, “Herdsman”, “Boo”, “15”, “+30”, “Caelum”, “Cael”, “Graving tool”, “Cae”, “5”, “−40”, “Camelopardus”, “Camelopardis”, “Giraffe”, “Cam”, “6”, “+70”, “Cancer”, “Cancri”, “Crab”, “Cnc”, “9”, “+20”, “Canes Venatici”, “Canum Venaticorum”, “Hunting dogs”, “CVn”, “13”, “+40”, “Canis Major”, “Canis Majoris”, “Big dog”, “CMa”, “7”, “−20”, “Canis Minor”, “Canis Minoris”, “Little dog”, “CMi”, “8”, “+5 Capricornus”, “Capricorni”, “Sea goat”, “Cap”, “21”, “−20”, “Carina “, “Carinae”, “Keel of Argonauts’ ship”, “Car”, “9”, “−60”, “Cassiopeia”, “Cassiopeiae”, “Queen of Ethiopia”, “Cas”, “1”, “+60”, “Centaurus”, “Centauri”, “Centaur”, “Cen”, “13”, “−50”, “Cepheus”, “Cephei”, “King of Ethiopia”, “Cep”, “22”, “+70”, “Cetus”, “Ceti”, “Sea monster (whale)”, “Cet”, “2”, “−10”, “Chamaeleon”, “Chamaeleontis”, “Chameleon”, “Cha”, “11”, “−80”, “Circinus”, “Circini”, “Compasses”, “Cir”, “15”, “−60”, “Columba”, “Columbae”, “Dove”, “Col”, “6”, “−35”, “Coma Berenices”, “Comae Berenices”, “Berenice’s hair”, “Com”, “13”, “+20”, “Corona Australis”, “Coronae Australis”, “Southern crown”, “CrA”, “19”, “−40”, “Corona Borealis”, “Coronae Borealis”, “Northern crown”, “CrB”, “16”, “+30”, “Corvus”, “Corvi”, “Crow”, “Crv”, “12”, “−20”, “Crater”, “Crateris”, “Cup”, “Crt”, “11”, “−15”, “Crux”, “Crucis”, “Cross (southern)”, “Cru”, “12”, “−60”, “Cygnus”, “Cygni”, “Swan”, “Cyg”, “21”, “+40”, “Delphinus”, “Delphini”, “Porpoise”, “Del”, “21”, “+10”, “Dorado”, “Doradus”, “Swordfish”, “Dor”, “5”, “−65”, “Draco”, “Draconis”, “Dragon”, “Dra”, “17”, “+65”, “Equuleus”, “Equulei”, “Little horse”, “Equ”, “21”, “+10”, “Eridanus”, “Eridani”, “River”, “Eri”, “3”, “−20”, “Fornax”, “Fornacis”, “Furnace”, “For”, “3”, “−30”, “Gemini”, “Geminorum”, “Twins”, “Gem”, “7”, “+20”, “Grus”, “Gruis”, “Crane”, “Gru”, “22”, “−45”, “Hercules”, “Herculis”, “Hercules, son of Zeus”, “Her”, “17”, “+30”, “Horologium”, “Horologii”, “Clock”, “Hor”, “3”, “−60”, “Hydra”, “Hydrae”, “Sea serpent”, “Hya”, “10”, “−20”, “Hydrus”, “Hydri”, “Water snake”, “Hyi”, “2”, “−75”, “Indus”, “Indi”, “Indian”, “Ind”, “21”, “−55”, “Lacerta”, “Lacertae”, “Lizard”, “Lac”, “22”, “+45”, “Leo”, “Leonis”, “Lion”, “Leo”, “11”, “+15”, “Leo Minor”, “Leonis Minoris”, “Little lion”, “LMi”, “10”, “+35”, “Lepus”, “Leporis”, “Hare”, “Lep”, “6”, “−20”, “Libra”, “Librae”, “Balance”, “Lib”, “15”, “−15”, “Lupus”, “Lupi”, “Wolf”, “Lup”, “15”, “−45”, “Lynx”, “Lyncis”, “Lynx”, “Lyn”, “8”, “+45”, “Lyra”, “Lyrae”, “Lyre or harp”, “Lyr”, “19”, “+40”, “Mensa”, “Mensae”, “Table Mountain”, “Men”, “5”, “−80”, “Microscopium”, “Microscopii”, “Microscope”, “Mic”, “21”, “−35”, “Monoceros”, “Monocerotis”, “Unicorn”, “Mon”, “7”, “−5”, “Musca”, “Muscae”, “Fly”, “Mus”, “12”, “−70”, “Norma”, “Normae”, “Carpenter’s level”, “Nor”, “16”, “−50”, “Octans”, “Octantis”, “Octant”, “Oct”, “22”, “−85”, “Ophiuchus”, “Ophiuchi”, “Holder of serpent”, “Oph”, “17”, “0”, “Orion”, “Orionis”, “Orion, the hunter”, “Ori”, “5”, “+5”, “Pavo”, “Pavonis”, “Peacock”, “Pav”, “20”, “−65”, “Pegasus”, “Pegasi”, “Pegasus, the winged horse”, “Peg”, “22”, “+20”, “Perseus”, “Persei”, “Perseus, hero who saved Andromeda”, “Per”, “3”, “+45”, “Phoenix”, “Phoenicis”, “Phoenix”, “Phe”, “1”, “−50”, “Pictor”, “Pictoris”, “Easel”, “Pic”, “6”, “−55”, “Pisces”, “Piscium”, “Fishes”, “Psc”, “1”, “+15”, “Piscis Austrinus”, “Piscis Austrini”, “Southern fish”, “PsA”, “22”, “−30”, “Puppis footnote: The four constellations Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela originally formed the single constellation Argo Navis.”, “Puppis”, “Stern of the Argonauts’ ship”, “Pup”, “8”, “−40”, “Pyxis (=Malus) footnote: The four constellations Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela originally formed the single constellation Argo Navis.”, “Pyxidus”, “Compass of the Argonauts’ ship”, “Pyx”, “9”, “−30”, “Reticulum”, “Reticuli”, “Net”, “Ret”, “4”, “−60”, “Sagitta”, “Sagittae”, “Arrow”, “Sge”, “20”, “+10”, “Sagittarius”, “Sagittarii”, “Archer”, “Sgr”, “19”, “−25”, “Scorpius”, “Scorpii”, “Scorpion”, “Sco”, “17”, “−40”, “Sculptor”, “Sculptoris”, “Sculptor’s tools”, “Scl”, “0”, “−30”, “Scutum”, “Scuti”, “Shield”, “Sct”, “19”, “−10”, “Serpens”, “Serpentis”, “Serpent”, “Ser”, “17”, “0”, “Sextans”, “Sextantis”, “Sextant”, “Sex”, “10”, “0”, “Taurus”, “Tauri”, “Bull”, “Tau”, “4”, “+15”, “Telescopium”, “Telescopii”, “Telescope”, “Tel”, “19”, “−50”, “Triangulum”, “Trianguli”, “Triangle”, “Tri”, “2”, “+30”, “Triangulum Australe”, “Trianguli Australis”, “Southern triangle”, “TrA”, “16”, “−65”, “Tucana”, “Tucanae”, “Toucan”, “Tuc”, “0”, “−65”, “Ursa Major”, “Ursae Majoris”, “Big bear”, “UMa”, “11”, “+50”, “Ursa Minor”, “Ursae Minoris”, “Little bear”, “UMi”, “15”, “+70”, “Vela footnote: The four constellations Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, and Vela originally formed the single constellation Argo Navis.”, “Velorum”, “Sail of the Argonauts’ ship”, “Vel”, “9”, “−50”, “Virgo”, “Virginis”, “Virgin”, “Vir”, “13”, “0”, “Volans”, “Volantis”, “Flying fish”, “Vol”, “8”, “−70”, “Vulpecula”, “Vulpeculae”, “Fox”, “Vul”, “20”, and “+25”.