Constellation list
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3. A short commentary/intro on the constellations, their history and the modern boundaries
4. Mention distortions of constellation boundaries to fit photographs
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Andromeda
Antlia (includes Pyxis, Vela and most of Crater and Puppis)
Apus (see also Carina)
Aquarius (includes Capricornus, Piscis Austrinus)
Aquila and Sagitta
Ara (See also Telescopium)
Aries
Argo Navis, obsolete constellation, includes Carina, Puppis, Pyxis, Vela.
Auriga
Boötes includes most of Corona Borealis
Caelum includes most of Columba
Camelopardalis includes Auriga
Cancer includes M44, the Beehive cluster (Praesepe)
Canes Venatici includes most of Boötes and the Big Dipper
Canis Major
Canis Minor and Gemini
Capricornus
Carina (includes the south celestial pole)
Cassiopeia
Centaurus, Norma and Lupus
Cepheus includes most of Cassiopeia
Cetus
Chamaeleon (see also Carina)
Circinus (includes Triangulum Australe and Crux)
Columba and Lepus (see also Lepus)
Coma Berenices
Corona Australis (includes Sagittarius. See also Telescopium)
Corona Borealis
Corvus
Crater (includes Corvus)
Crux includes Musca
Cygnus (includes Vulpecula and Sagitta)
Cygnus (part)
Delphinus
Dorado (includes Reticulum)
Draco (includes Ursa Minor)
Equuleus and Vulpecula
Eridanus
Fornax (with Sculptor)
Gemini (includes Canis Minor)
Grus with Piscis Austrinus
Hercules
Horologium with Pictor and Phoenix
Hydra (wide field)
Hydrus (part) and the Magellanic Clouds
Indus (includes Grus and most of Tucana)
Lacerta
Leo
Leo Minor with Leo
Lepus (see also Columba and Lepus)
Libra
Lupus and Norma
Lynx
Lyra
Mensa
Microscopium with Piscis Austrinus and Grus
Monoceros with part of Puppis
Musca, with Crux
Norma and Lupus
Octans and the south celestial pole
Ophiuchus
Orion
Pavo
Pegasus
Perseus
Phoenix, with Horologium and Pictor
Pictor, with Horologium and Phoenix
Pisces
Piscis Austrinus with Grus
Puppis with Pyxis and Antlia
Pyxis and Hydra's head
Reticulum, includes most of Dorado
Sagitta and Aquila
Sagittarius (includes Corona Australis)
Scorpius and the Milky Way
Scorpius, the stars, on the horizon
Sculptor with Fornax
Scutum
Serpens, Caput and Cauda
Sextans and the Head of Hydra
Taurus
Telescopium (with Ara and Corona Australis)
Triangulum
Triangulum Australe and Circinus, with Crux and Musca
Tucana
Ursa Major and the Big Dipper
Ursa Minor
Vela, with Antlia and Pyxis
Virgo (includes Crater and Corvus)
Volans (see also Carina and Argo Navis)
Vulpecula and Equuleus


David Malin, 2008 November 10