Located on the celestial equator, Orion is a prominent constellation and is one of the most recognizable constellations in the night sky. It is named after Orion, a hunter in Greek mythology. Its brightest stars are blue-white Rigel and red Betelgeuse. Covering 594…

Reticulum is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, which means a net of crosshairs at the focus of a telescope eyepiece that is used to measure star positions in Latin. The constellation is best viewed between October and…

1 of thee 12 zodiac constellations, Cancer is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere, with its name being Latin for crab. The constellation is commonly represented as a carb. Cancer is a medium-size constellation with…

Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator, with a Latin name meaning ‘Eagle’. Aquila represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter’s thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology. Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer…

Pictor is a constellation located in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere, which can be found between the star Canopus and the Large Magellanic Cloud. The name of the constellation means Painter in Latin and is an abbreviation of the older name of the…

Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky, and is is named after the chameleon. First created in the 16th century, chamaeleon was one of many constellations created by European explorers in the 15th and 16th centuries out…

Located on the South Ecliptic pole in the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation Dorado is often depicted as a swordfish or a dolphinfish. Created in the late 16th century, Dorado is not visible in the Pacific…

Volans is a constellation in the southern sky that is not visible from the Pacific Northwest. The name Volans is a shortened form of the origin anew of Piscis Volans. Volans was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from…

Located in the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation Ara, lies between Scorpius, Telescopium, Triangulum Australe and Norma. Ara means ‘the altar’ in Latin and was 1 of the 48 constellations described by 2nd-century Greek astronomer Ptolemy….