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48 constellations listed by Ptolemy after 150 AD

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  • Argo Navis Obsolete Southern constellation
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    Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, now a grouping of three IAU constellations. It is formerly a single large constellation in the southern sky. The genitive is "Argus Navis", abbreviated "Arg". Flamsteed and other early modern astronomers called it Navis (the Ship), genitive "Navis", abbreviated "Nav".
  • IAU designated constellations Wikipedia list article
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    In contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Each constellation is a region of the sky, bordered by arcs of right ascension and declination. Together they cover the entire celestial sphere, with their boundaries adopted officially by the International Astronomical Union in 1928 and published in 1930.
  • Mensa (constellation)
    Mensa (constellation) Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
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    Mensa is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere near the south celestial pole, one of twelve constellations drawn up in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille. Its name is Latin for table, though it originally commemorated Table Mountain and was known as Mons Mensae. One of the eighty-eight constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), it covers a keystone-shaped wedge of sky 153.5 Square degrees in area. Other than the south polar constellation of Octans, it is the most southerly of constellations and is observable only south of the 5th parallel of the Northern Hemisphere.
  • Gemini (constellation)
    Gemini (constellation) Zodiac constellation in the northern hemisphere
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    Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It was one of the 48 constellations described by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Its name is Latin for "twins," and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Its symbol is (Unicode ♊).
  • Eridanus (constellation)
    Eridanus (constellation) Constellation in the southern hemisphere
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    Coordinates: 03 15 00, −29° 00′ 00″
  • Hercules (constellation)
    Hercules (constellation) Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
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    Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. It is the fifth largest of the modern constellations.
  • Draco (constellation)
    Draco (constellation) Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
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    Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. The north pole of the ecliptic is in Draco. Draco is circumpolar (that is, never setting), and can be seen all year from northern latitudes.
  • Cepheus (constellation)
    Cepheus (constellation) Constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere
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    Cepheus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology.
  • Aquila (constellation)
    Aquila (constellation) Constellation on the celestial equator
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    Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology.
  • Pavo (constellation)
    Pavo (constellation) Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere
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    Pavo is a constellation in the southern sky whose name is Latin for "peacock." Pavo first appeared on a 35-cm (14 in) diameter celestial globe published in 1598 in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius and was depicted in Johann Bayer's star atlas Uranometria of 1603, and was likely conceived by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. French explorer and astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille gave its stars Bayer designations in 1756. The constellations Pavo, Grus, Phoenix and Tucana are collectively known as the "Southern Birds".
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