Constellations WIP Flashcards by Tara Rosebery

Its brightest star is Alpheratz, closely followed by the red giant Mirach; the constellation’s most obvious deep-sky object is the naked-eye galaxy M31, the closest large spiral galaxy; it is also known as The Chained Woman

Andromeda

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Air pump

Antlia

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Bird-of-Paradise

Apus

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It is a constellation of the zodiac with no particularly bright stars (its brightest are Sadalsuud and Sadalmelik); it is also known as The Water-bearer, it represents Ganymede

Aquarius

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Altar

Ara

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A dim constellation of the zodiac, its brightest star is Hamal; it is also known as The Ram (whose fleece became the Golden Fleece)

Aries

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Its brightest star is Capella and it also contains the Flaming Star Nebula; its is also known as The Charioteer

Auriga

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It contains the fourth-brightest star in the night sky, the orange giant Arcturus; it is also known as The Herdsman

Boötes

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Chisel

Caelum

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Giraffe

Camelopardalis

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The second dimmest of the constellations of the zodiac, its brightest star is Tarf and it is also noted for its Beehive Cluster; it is also known as The Crab

Cancer

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Hunting dogs

Canes Venatici

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Its brightest star is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, at its head, followed by Adhara at its tail; it is one of the constellations that follows Orion and is also known as the greater dog (Laelaps)

Canis Major

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Its brightest star is Procyon; it is one of the constellations that follows Orion and is also known as the lesser dog

Canis Minor

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It is the smallest constellation of the zodiac and is also known as The Sea-goat

Capricornus

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Keel

Carina

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In 1572, Tycho Brahe’s supernova flared brightly in this constellation and its remnant is the brightest radio source in the sky; the constellation is easily recognizable due to its distinctive W shape, formed by five bright stars including Schedar; it is also known as The Seated Queen (of Ethiopia)

Cassiopeia

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It includes the nearest star system to the Solar System as well as the brightest globular cluster; it is named for a half human, half horse from Greek mythology

Centaurus

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Its brightest star is Alderamin, but it is also noted for its hypergiant and supergiants and its hyperluminous quasar; it is also known as The King (of Ethiopia)

Cepheus

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Its brightest star is Menkar but it is more noted for Mira, the first variable star to be discovered; although not on the zodiac, it is very near the ecliptic and planets may pass through it; it is also known as The Whale or Sea Monster

Cetus

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Chameleon

Chamaeleon

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Compasses

Circinus

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Dove

Columba

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Berenice’s hair

Coma Berenices

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Southern crown

Corona Australis

Northern crown

Corona Borealis

Crow

Corvus

Cup

Crater

It is the smallest constellation and is also known as The Southern Cross

Crux

It contains Deneb, the most distant first-magnitude star and one corner of the Summer Triangle, and X-1, the first object widely held to be a black hole; it is also known as the Northern Cross or The Swan

Cygnus

Dolphin

Delphinus

Dolphinfish

Dorado

A circumpolar constellation, its brightest star is Thuban, the pole star at the time the pyramids were built; it is also known as The Dragon

Draco

Pony

Equuleus

A river

Eridanus

Chemical furnace

Fornax

Its bright meteor shower peaks in mid-December; a constellation of the zodiac, its brightest stars are Pollux and Castor; it is also known as The Twins

Gemini

The crane

Grus

Mythological character

Hercules

Pendulum clock

Horologium

It is the largest constellation; its brightest star is Alphard; it is named for a mythological creature slain by Hercules

Hydra

Lesser water snake

Hydrus

Indian

Indus

Lizard

Lacerta

The most prominent part of this constellation of the zodiac resembles a question mark; the period on the question mark is the bright star Regulus; it is also known as The Lion

Leo

Lesser Lion

Leo Minor

Hare

Lepus

Balance

Libra

Wolf

Lupus

Lynx

Its brightest star is Vega, one point of the Summer Triangle; it represents the instrument of Orpheus

Lyra

Table mountain

Mensa

Microscope

Microscopium

Unicorn

Monoceros

Fly

Musca

Carpenter's level

Norma

Octant

Octans

*Serpent-bearer

Ophiuchus

Mythological character

Orion

Peacock

Pavo

*Mythological winged horse

Pegasus

*Mythological hero

Perseus

Phoenix

Easel

Pictor

A dim constellation of the zodiac that is the current location of the vernal equinox, this constellation represents Aphrodite and her son Eros, who turned themselves into fish and tied themselves together with rope in order to escape Typhon

Pisces

Southern fish

Piscis Austrinus

Poop deck

Puppis

Mariner's compass

Pyxis

Eyepiece graticule

Reticulum

Arrow

Sagitta

*Archer

Sagittarius

*Scorpion

Scorpius

Sculptor

It contains a red supergiant star often considered to be the largest yet discovered; also known as The Shield

Scutum | The star is UY Scuti

Snake

Serpens

Sextant

Sextans

A zodiacal constellation that marked the location of the vernal equinox during the Early Bronze age; it includes the open clusters The Pleiades and The Hyades as well as the supernova remnant M1, the Crab Nebula; its brightest star is the red giant Aldebaran; it is also known as The Bull

Taurus

Telescope

Telescopium

It contains both the galaxy M33, the third largest galaxy of the Local Group, and the first quasar ever discovered; its brightest "star" is a spectroscopic binary that includes Mothallah and that forms the apex of the shape that gives the constellation its name

Triangulum

Southern triangle

Triangulum Australe

Toucan

Tucana

Two of its stars, Dubhe and Merek, can be used as the navigational pointer toward Polaris; it includes the asterism, depicted on the flag of Alaska, known as The Plough or The Big Dipper and is also known as The Great Bear

Ursa Major

Its brightest star is Polaris, the North Star; it includes the asterism The Little Dipper and is also known as The Lesser Bear

Ursa Minor

Sails

Vela

It is the second-largest constellation; its brightest star is the blue-white star Spica; a constellation of the zodiac, it is also known as The Maiden

Virgo

Flying fish

Volans

Fox

Vulpecula

Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism; it is also known as The Eagle, representing the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts

Aquila

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