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Constellations: all 88, most written about first

Orion, Ursa Major, Gemini and 85 more, ranked by how much of the world has written about each one.

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Orion · Constellation straddling the celestial equator · Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

Constellations, ranked

Most written-about first. Each description summarises the constellation's Wikipedia article, which its name links to.

  1. Orion 1

    Orion

    Constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A prominent group of stars seen in winter in the northern celestial hemisphere. The 2nd-century AD astronomer Ptolemy counted it among his 48 constellations, and it is one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  2. Ursa Major 2

    Ursa Major

    Constellation in the northern sky

    Also called the Great Bear, a constellation of the northern sky whose mythology probably reaches back into prehistory. Its Latin name means "greater bear", setting it against its neighbour Ursa Minor, the lesser bear.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  3. Gemini 3

    Gemini

    Zodiac constellation in the northern hemisphere

    A zodiac constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. Ptolemy, the astronomer of the 2nd century AD, described it as one of his 48 constellations, and it is still one of the 88 recognised now.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  4. Leo 4

    Leo

    Zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A zodiac constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere, lying between Cancer, the Crab, on its west side and Virgo, the Maiden, on its east.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  5. Taurus 5

    Taurus

    Zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A zodiac constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere, large and prominent in the winter sky of the Northern Hemisphere.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  6. Ursa Minor 6

    Ursa Minor

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    Also called the Little Bear, a constellation far in the northern sky. As with the Great Bear, its tail can also be read as the handle of a ladle, which gives it its North American name, the Little Dipper: seven stars, four of them forming the bowl, like its partner the Big Dipper.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  7. Cancer 7

    Cancer

    Zodiac constellation in the northern hemisphere

    One of the twelve zodiac constellations, in the northern celestial hemisphere. The name is the Latin for crab, and a crab is how it is usually shown.

    Wikidata · Photo: Bortle7, CC BY 4.0

  8. Capricornus 8

    Capricornus

    Zodiac constellation in the southern hemisphere

    A zodiac constellation whose Latin name means "horned goat", "goat horn" or "having horns like a goat's". It is usually pictured as a sea goat, a mythical creature half goat and half fish.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  9. Virgo 9

    Virgo

    Zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A zodiac constellation whose name is Latin for "maiden".

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  10. Sagittarius 10

    Sagittarius

    Zodiac constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A zodiac constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. Ptolemy, the astronomer of the 2nd century, included it among his 48 constellations, and it is still one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  11. Scorpius 11

    Scorpius

    Zodiac constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A zodiac constellation of the southern celestial hemisphere, near the centre of the Milky Way, with Sagittarius on its east side and Libra on its west. It was recognised before Greek culture existed, and the Greek astronomer Ptolemy named it among his 48 constellations in the second century.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  12. Aries 12

    Aries

    Zodiac constellation in the northern hemisphere

    A zodiac constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere, lying between Taurus on its east side and Pisces on its west.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  13. Libra 13

    Libra

    Zodiac constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A zodiac constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, whose name is the Latin for weighing scales.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  14. Aquarius 14

    Aquarius

    Zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A zodiac constellation on the celestial equator, between Pisces and Capricornus. Its name is Latin for "water-carrier" or "cup-carrier", and its traditional astrological symbol, (♒︎), stands for water.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  15. Pisces 15

    Pisces

    Zodiac constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A zodiac constellation. Most of its great expanse lies in the northern celestial hemisphere, as does its main asterism, seen in most European cultures since Greco-Roman antiquity as two distant fishes, each tied by a cord, the cords meeting at a point.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  16. Andromeda 16

    Andromeda

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    One of the 88 modern constellations, and one of the 48 that Ptolemy, the Greco-Roman astronomer of the 2nd century, listed. It lies in the northern celestial hemisphere and takes its name from Andromeda of Greek myth, Cassiopeia's daughter, who was chained to a rock for the sea monster Cetus to eat.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  17. Cygnus 17

    Cygnus

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A northern constellation lying on the plane of the Milky Way, its name taken from the Latinised Greek word for "swan". Among the easiest constellations to recognise in northern summer and autumn, it contains a prominent asterism called the Northern Cross.

    Wikidata · Photo: Jiří Bubeníček, CC BY-SA 4.0

  18. Canis Major 18

    Canis Major

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern celestial hemisphere. Ptolemy included it among his 48 constellations in the second century, and it counts as one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  19. Crux 19

    Crux

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky built around four bright stars forming a cross-shaped asterism, usually called the Southern Cross. It lies at the southern end of the visible band of the Milky Way.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  20. Auriga 20

    Auriga

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the northern celestial hemisphere. The 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy listed it as one of his 48 constellations, and it is among the 88 recognised today.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  21. Lyra 21

    Lyra

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation of the northern sky. It was one of the 48 on the list of Ptolemy, the 2nd century astronomer, and is one of the 88 constellations that the International Astronomical Union recognises today.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  22. Centaurus 22

    Centaurus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A bright constellation of the southern sky, and one of the largest. Ptolemy, the astronomer of the 2nd century, listed it among his 48 constellations, and it is still one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  23. Boötes 23

    Boötes

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the northern sky, spanning 0° to +60° of declination and, on the celestial sphere, 13 to 16 hours of right ascension. Its name comes via the Latin Boōtēs from the Ancient Greek Βοώτης (romanised Boṓtēs), meaning 'herdsman' or 'plowman'.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  24. Ophiuchus 24

    Ophiuchus

    Constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A large constellation lying across the celestial equator. Its name is from the Ancient Greek ὀφιοῦχος (ophioûkhos), "serpent-bearer", and it is usually pictured as a man holding a snake.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  25. Perseus 25

    Perseus

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the northern sky named after Perseus, the hero of Greek mythology. The 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy listed it among the 48 ancient constellations, and it is one of the 88 that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) defines today.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  26. Pegasus 26

    Pegasus

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the northern sky named after Pegasus, the winged horse of Greek mythology. Ptolemy, the 2nd-century astronomer, counted it among his 48 constellations, and it is among the 88 recognised today.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  27. Draco 27

    Draco

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation far in the northern sky, whose name comes from the Latin for dragon.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  28. Aquila 28

    Aquila

    Constellation near the celestial equator

    A constellation on the celestial equator whose name is the Latin for 'eagle'. Accounts differ on what it stands for: for some it is the bird that bore the thunderbolts of Zeus/Jupiter in Greek-Roman mythology, for others the bird Zeus sent to attack Prometheus.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  29. Cassiopeia 29

    Cassiopeia

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation and asterism of the northern sky, named after Cassiopeia, the vain queen of Greek mythology and mother of Andromeda, who boasted that her beauty had no equal. Ptolemy, the Greek astronomer of the 2nd century, listed it among his 48 constellations, and it is still one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  30. Hercules 30

    Hercules

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation named after Hercules, the hero of Roman mythology adapted from the Greek Heracles. The second-century astronomer Ptolemy listed it among his 48 constellations, and it is still one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  31. Eridanus 31

    Eridanus

    Constellation in the southern hemisphere

    A constellation stretching across the southern celestial hemisphere, pictured as a river.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  32. Corona Borealis 32

    Corona Borealis

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation of the northern celestial hemisphere. Ptolemy, the astronomer of the 2nd century, listed it among his 48 constellations, and it is still one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  33. Hydra 33

    Hydra

    Constellation straddling the celestial equator

    The biggest of the 88 modern constellations, covering 1303 square degrees, and the longest too, at more than 100 degrees. At its southern end it borders Centaurus and Libra, and at its northern end Cancer.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  34. Lepus 34

    Lepus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation just south of the celestial equator, whose name is the Latin for hare.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  35. Coma Berenices 35

    Coma Berenices

    Constellation in the northern hemisphere

    An ancient asterism of the northern sky, now counted among the 88 modern constellations. It lies between Boötes and Leo, towards the fourth galactic quadrant, and can be seen from both hemispheres.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  36. Antlia 36

    Antlia

    Constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere

    A constellation of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere representing an air pump; its name means "pump" in both Greek and Latin.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  37. Canis Minor 37

    Canis Minor

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation of the northern celestial hemisphere. Ptolemy included it among his 48 constellations in the second century, as a pattern, or asterism, made of two stars, and it counts as one of today's 88.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  38. Cepheus 38

    Cepheus

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation deep in the northern sky, whose name comes from Cepheus, in Greek mythology a king of Aethiopia. The second century astronomer Ptolemy listed it among his 48 constellations, and it is still one of the 88 in modern use.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  39. Lupus 39

    Lupus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the middle of the southern sky, whose name is the Latin for wolf.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  40. Equuleus 40

    Equuleus

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A faint constellation lying a little north of the celestial equator. In Latin its name means "little horse", that is, a foal.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  41. Cetus 41

    Cetus

    Constellation straddling the celestial equator

    A constellation whose name English sometimes renders as 'the whale'. In Greek myth the Cetus was a huge monster of the sea, one that both Heracles and Perseus had to slay.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  42. Hydrus 42

    Hydrus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation deep in the southern sky, one of twelve that Petrus Plancius created from the observations of Frederick de Houtman and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser. It first appeared on a celestial globe 35-cm (14 in) across, which Plancius and Jodocus Hondius published in Amsterdam late in 1597.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  43. Delphinus 43

    Delphinus

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation lying near the celestial equator, on the northern side of the sky (the Northern Celestial Hemisphere). The name is Latin, rendering the Greek word for dolphin (δελφίς).

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  44. Carina 44

    Carina

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky whose name is Latin for a ship's keel. It formed the southern base of the larger constellation Argo Navis until that was split into three parts, the other two being Vela and Puppis.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  45. Monoceros 45

    Monoceros

    Faint constellation on the celestial equator

    A faint constellation on the celestial equator, whose definition is credited to Petrus Plancius, the 17th-century cartographer.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  46. Triangulum 46

    Triangulum

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small northern constellation, called "triangle" in Latin after the long, narrow triangle its three brightest stars make.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  47. Canes Venatici 47

    Canes Venatici

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small northern constellation that Johannes Hevelius devised in the 17th century, and one of the 88 that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  48. Caelum 48

    Caelum

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A faint constellation of the southern sky, pronounced SEE-ləm, introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 1750s and now one of the 88 modern constellations. Its name, a rare word, means "chisel" in Latin, and it used to be called Caelum Sculptorium; it has nothing to do with the far more usual Latin caelum, meaning "sky", "heaven" or "atmosphere".

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  49. Camelopardalis 49

    Camelopardalis

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the northern sky, large yet faint, that represents a giraffe. Petrus Plancius introduced it in 1612 or 1613.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  50. Vulpecula 50

    Vulpecula

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A faint northern constellation, named in Latin "little fox" and usually called simply the Fox.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  51. Fornax 51

    Fornax

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern celestial hemisphere, partly encircled by Eridanus, the celestial river. Its name is the Latin for furnace.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  52. Lacerta 52

    Lacerta

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    One of the 88 modern constellations that the International Astronomical Union defines. Its name is the Latin for lizard.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  53. Piscis Austrinus 53

    Piscis Austrinus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern celestial hemisphere. Its Latin name means "the southern fish", in contrast to the larger Pisces, which stands for a pair of fish.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  54. Ara 54

    Ara

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A southern constellation bordered by Norma, Triangulum Australe, Telescopium and Scorpius. Ptolemy described it in the 2nd century, under the Greek name Βωμός (Bōmǒs), as one of the 48 classical constellations, and the International Astronomical Union counts it among the 88 modern ones.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  55. Vela 55

    Vela

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky, home to the Vela Supercluster, and named with the Latin for a ship's sails. It was once part of the larger ship constellation Argo Navis, later split into three parts, Puppis and Carina being the other two.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  56. Sagitta 56

    Sagitta

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A northern constellation, dim but distinctive, named with the Latin for 'arrow'; it should not be confused with the much bigger Sagittarius, 'the archer'.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  57. Lynx 57

    Lynx

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation, mostly seen from the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, that takes its name from the animal. It dates from the late 17th century, when Johannes Hevelius introduced it.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  58. Serpens 58

    Serpens

    Constellation split into two non-contiguous parts

    A constellation of the northern celestial hemisphere. The 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy listed it among his 48, and it is one of the 88 modern constellations the International Astronomical Union designates.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  59. Apus 59

    Apus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation of the southern sky representing a bird-of-paradise. Its name is Greek for "without feet", because the bird was once mistakenly thought to have none.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  60. Chamaeleon 60

    Chamaeleon

    Constellation in the Southern Sky

    A small constellation far down in the southern sky, which takes its name from the lizard called the chameleon.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  61. Crater 61

    Crater

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small southern constellation. The name comes, through Latin, from the Greek krater, a kind of cup used for diluting wine with water.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  62. Phoenix 62

    Phoenix

    Minor constellation in the southern sky

    A minor southern constellation that takes its name from the phoenix of myth. The first celestial atlas to show it was Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  63. Corvus 63

    Corvus

    Constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere

    A small constellation of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere, whose name is the Latin for "raven".

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  64. Leo Minor 64

    Leo Minor

    Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere

    A small, faint constellation of the northern celestial hemisphere, called in Latin "the smaller lion" to set it against Leo, the larger one.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  65. Puppis 65

    Puppis

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky whose name means "stern". It was once part of Argo Navis, the traditional constellation later split into three parts, Vela and Carina being the other two.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  66. Corona Australis 66

    Corona Australis

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation in the southern half of the sky whose Latin name means "southern crown"; it is the southern partner of Corona Borealis, the northern crown.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  67. Sextans 67

    Sextans

    Constellation on the celestial equator

    A minor constellation on the celestial equator, and a faint one, introduced in 1687 by Johannes Hevelius, the Polish astronomer. It is named for the sextant, an astronomical instrument that Hevelius often used when observing.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  68. Columba 68

    Columba

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A faint constellation designated late in the sixteenth century and still in official use, with fixed boundaries drawn in the 20th century. It takes its name from the Latin for dove.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  69. Grus 69

    Grus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky, whose name is the Latin for the crane, the bird.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  70. Scutum 70

    Scutum

    Small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation whose name is Latin for shield. Johannes Hevelius first named it Scutum Sobiescianum, in 1684.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  71. Dorado 71

    Dorado

    Constellation in the southern sky

    A constellation of the southern sky, named in the late 16th century and now among the 88 modern constellations.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  72. Octans 72

    Octans

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, containing the south celestial pole

    A faint constellation far in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for an eighth of a circle, though it is named after the octant, an instrument of navigation.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  73. Tucana 73

    Tucana

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A southern constellation that takes its name from the toucan, a bird of South America. It is one of twelve that Petrus Plancius devised in the late sixteenth century from the observations of Frederick de Houtman and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  74. Horologium 74

    Horologium

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A southern constellation of six faint stars. The French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille first described it in 1756, picturing it as a pendulum clock with a second hand.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  75. Indus 75

    Indus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky, first surveyed professionally by Europeans in the 1590s and mapped by Petrus Plancius on a globe by early 1598. In 1603 it appeared on a plate of southern constellations in Uranometria, Bayer's sky atlas.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  76. Sculptor 76

    Sculptor

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A faint constellation of the southern sky that represents a sculptor.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  77. Microscopium 77

    Microscopium

    Minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A minor constellation of the southern celestial hemisphere, one of twelve that the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille created in the 18th century, several of them showing scientific instruments. It is named with a Latinised version of the Greek for microscope.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  78. Pavo 78

    Pavo

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky, its name the Latin for 'peacock'. It was probably devised by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Frederick de Houtman and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser; it first appeared on a celestial globe 35-cm (14 in) across that Plancius and Jodocus Hondius published in Amsterdam in 1598, and Johann Bayer showed it in his 1603 star atlas Uranometria.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  79. Musca 79

    Musca

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation deep in the southern sky, one of 12 that Petrus Plancius created from the observations of Frederick de Houtman and Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser. Its first appearance was on a globe of the heavens 35 cm (14 in) across, which Plancius and Jodocus Hondius published in Amsterdam in 1597.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  80. Pictor 80

    Pictor

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere, between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the star Canopus. Its name is Latin for painter, shortened from its older name, Equuleus Pictoris.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  81. Triangulum Australe 81

    Triangulum Australe

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small constellation far in the south of the sky. Called in Latin "the southern triangle", to tell it apart from Triangulum in the northern sky, it is named for the sharp, nearly equilateral shape of its three brightest stars.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  82. Volans 82

    Volans

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the southern sky representing a flying fish; its name is shortened from the original, Piscis Volans.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  83. Circinus 83

    Circinus

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small, faint constellation of the southern sky, first defined by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1756. Its name is Latin for compass, the drawing tool used to draw circles.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  84. Telescopium 84

    Telescopium

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A minor constellation of the southern celestial hemisphere, one of twelve that the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille named in the 18th century, several of them showing scientific instruments. Its name is a Latinised form of the Greek for telescope.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  85. Mensa 85

    Mensa

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A constellation of the Southern Celestial Hemisphere close to the south celestial pole, one of fourteen that the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille drew up in the 18th century. Its name is the Latin for table, but it first honoured Table Mountain and was called "Mons Mensae".

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  86. Pyxis 86

    Pyxis

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small, faint constellation of the southern sky. Its name, shortened from Pyxis Nautica, is Latin for a mariner's compass.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

  87. Norma 87

    Norma

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small southern constellation between Lupus and Ara, one of twelve that the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille drew up in the 18th century, several of them showing scientific instruments. It is named with the Latin for normal, meaning a right angle, and is variously taken to represent a level, a set square, a carpenter's square or a rule.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 3.0

  88. Reticulum 88

    Reticulum

    Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

    A small, faint southern constellation named with the Latin for a little net, or reticle: the crosshairs at the focus of a telescope's eyepiece used to measure where stars are.

    Wikidata · Photo: Till Credner, CC BY-SA 4.0

How this list was made

Every Wikidata item that is a constellation. The 88 recognised by the International Astronomical Union are each written about far more than any other, so the list is cut at 88, and that has its own English Wikipedia article, ranked by the number of Wikimedia sites with a page about it — Wikipedia's language editions, mostly, and sister projects such as Wikiquote. That counts how many communities independently thought it worth describing, and nobody can buy a place on it. The top 88 are shown.

Fetched from Wikidata on 2026-09-25. Each description is this site's summary of the entry's Wikipedia article, which its name links to: the wording is ours, the facts are Wikipedia's, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. To correct an entry, correct it there; the next refresh carries the change.

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