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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

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Andromeda

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Air pump

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Antlia

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Bird-of-Paradise

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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

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Aquarius

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Altar

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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)

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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

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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

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Boötes

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Chisel

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Caelum

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Giraffe

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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

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Cancer

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Hunting dogs

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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)

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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

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Canis Minor

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

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Capricornus

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Keel

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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Cetus

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Chameleon

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Chamaeleon

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Compasses

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Circinus

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Dove

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Columba

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Berenice’s hair

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Coma Berenices

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Southern crown

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Corona Australis

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Northern crown

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Corona Borealis

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Crow

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Corvus

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Cup

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Crater

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

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Crux

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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

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Cygnus

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Dolphin

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Delphinus

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Dolphinfish

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Dorado

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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

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Draco

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Pony

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Equuleus

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A river

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Eridanus

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Chemical furnace

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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

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The crane

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Mythological character

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Pendulum clock

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Horologium

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

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Lesser water snake

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Indian

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Lizard

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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

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Lesser Lion

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Hare

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Balance

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Wolf

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Lynx

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

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Table mountain

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Microscope

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Microscopium

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Unicorn

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Fly

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Carpenter’s level

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Octant

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*Serpent-bearer

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Mythological character

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Peacock

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*Mythological winged horse

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*Mythological hero

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Phoenix

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Easel

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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

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Southern fish

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Piscis Austrinus

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Poop deck

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Mariner’s compass

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Eyepiece graticule

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Arrow

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*Archer

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Sagittarius

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*Scorpion

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Sculptor

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

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Scutum

The star is UY Scuti

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Snake

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Sextant

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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

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Telescope

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Telescopium

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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

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Triangulum

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Southern triangle

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Triangulum Australe

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Toucan

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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

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Ursa Major

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

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Ursa Minor

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Sails

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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

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Flying fish

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Fox

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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

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