THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019
In an effort to better navigate my way around the night skies, I'm trying to
learn more constellations and asterisms. As of the summer of 2006, I could pick
out about a dozen constellations (of the 88 standard) with the naked eye, without
any charts. Meaning, I can look up and say, "Oh, that's such-and-such."
But I feel there's more I need to know, I guess. Or is that stupidly obvious.
- Aquarius - Aqr
- Aquila - Aql
- Andromeda - And
- Aries - Ari
- Auriga - Aur
- Boötes - Boo
- Cancer - Cnc
- Canes Venatici - CVn
- Canis Major - CMa
- Canis Minor - CMi
- Capricornus - Cap
- Cassiopeia - Cas
- Centaurus - Cen
- Cepheus - Cep
- Cetus - Cet
- Coma Berenices - Com
- Corona Australis - CrA
- Corona Borealis - CrB
- Corvus - Crv
- Crater - Crt
- Crux - Cru
- Cygnus - Cyg
- Delphinus - Del
- Draco - Dra
- Gemini - Gem
- Hercules - Her
- Hydra - Hyd
- Lacerta - Lac
- Leo - Leo
- Lepus - Lep
- Libra - Lib
- Lyra - Lyr
- Monoceros - Mon
- Ophiuchus - Oph
- Orion - Ori
- Pegasus - Peg
- Perseus - Per
- Pisces - Psc
- Pisces Austrinus - PsA
- Puppis - Pup
- Sagitta - Sge
- Serpens (Caput and Cauda) - Ser
- (the teapot of) Sagittarius - Sgr
- Scorpius - Sco
- Taurus - Tau
- Triangulum - Tri
- Ursa Major (and the Big Dipper) - UMa
- Ursa Minor (and the Little Dipper) - UMi
- Vela - Vel
- Virgo - Vir
- Vulpecula - Vul
I realise I truly wont be able to cross all 88 constellations off my list until
I get down to Australia...
See the
wikipedia article for the modern IAU-approved list.
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