7 Sisters of the Pole CEP 00 00,0 86 45 6 3d X 2,4d 1 1A False Pleiades of stars of 6th magnitude; 1,5 deg north of cluster NGC 188 Little Joe PSC 00 02,0 -04 27 5 2dX1d 18 327;29;30;33 PSC; A colorful trapezoid between Circlet and Diphda--Stephen Saber; Shooting dice term; 'Little Joe from Kokomo' two 2's Queen's 'W' CAS 01 00,0 60 00 2 13d X 5d 1 1Alpha; Beta; Gamma; Delta and Epsilon Cassiopieae form a 'W' or 'M' shape; most of the throne of the Queen Queen's Kite CAS 01 38,0 58 30 5 2d X 1,5d 1 1Rough pentagon of stars including Chi CAS may be it; but no prominent kite shape here Golf Putter AND 01 52,5 37 30 7 95' X 25' 4 31 degree long chain of stars with several stars at the end that form a golf club shape Triangulum Minor TRI 02 20,0 30 00 5 90' X 60' 4 3A small triangle formed by 6; 10 and 12 Triangulii; an obsolete constellation Diamond Ring UMI 02 32,0 89 00 2 45' 1 1A circlet of 7th and 8th magnitude stars with Polaris the brightest Lilium (Lilly) ARI 02 45,0 27 00 4 2 deg 4 335;39 and 41 Aretis; 17th century constellation; AKA Musca Borealis the Northern Fly Head of the Whale CET 02 50,0 07 00 3 10d X 7d 4 3Alpha; Lambda; Mu; Xi2; Nu and Gamma Ceti form a circlet; easy naked eye Medusa's Head PER 03 00,0 40 00 3 2 deg 4 3Beta; Omega; Rho; Pi; 20; 15; 12 Persei; the Gorgon's Head Saxophone PER 03 24,3 49 52 2 2 deg 4 3Alpha Per Cluster; Mel 20; long curved star chain like musical instrument Chi 1;2;3 FOR 03 27,0 -35 00 6 30' X 30' 18 3An arrowhead-shaped group 1 degree west of galaxy NGC 1365 Kemble's Kite CAS 03 28,0 72 00 6 90' X 30' 1 1Kite shaped grouping 2 degrees west of Gamma CAM; includes SAO 4917 a red M2 star Segment of Perseus PER 03 40,0 48 00 3 25 deg 4 3A chain of the major stars of Perseus; In order: Eta; Gamma; Alpha; Delta; Epsilon and Zeta Ally's Braid TAU 03 47,0 23 57 7 42' 5 4Trailing from Alcyone (Eta Tauri) in the Pleiades; 7 stars in a beautiful chain to the SE of Alcyone (Ally) --Stephen Saber Kemble's Cascade CAM 04 00,0 63 00 5 2,5 deg 1 1Prominent chain of stars that ends in cluster NGC 1502; counted 19 stars in chain with 8X42 binoculars--obs, Steve Coe Davis' Dog TAU 04 22,5 21 25 5 3,5d X 1,5d 5 4Includes Upsilon; 51 and 53 Tauri; a 'Canis Major' shape of rather prominent stars Hyades TAU 04 27,0 17 04 3 5 deg 11 4Mel 25; Sisters of Pleiades Kids AUR 05 03,0 40 00 4 2,5d X 1d 5 4Epsilon; Eta and Zeta Aurigae; Triangle of stars south of Capella; represents kid goats in the care of Auriga Flying Minnow AUR 05 19,0 33 40 5 75' 5 4Includes 16; 18 and 19 Aurigae; between two faint nebulae IC 405 and NGC 1893; AKA Little Fish Smiley Face AUR 05 27,0 35 00 6 1d X 0,5d 5 430 arcminutes south of cluster M 38; curved chain of 8 stars form smile with two eyes; small cluster Stock 8 is involved Saucepan ORI 05 30,0 -02 00 1 14 deg 11 4Includes Sword of Orion as the handle of a saucepan that includes the Belt stars; Betelgeuse and Bellatrix (Gamma Ori); also Venus's Mirror Lambda-Lambda ORI 05 36,0 10 00 3 50' X 20' 11 4The star Lambda Orionis is involved within a grouping that has the shape of the Greek letter Lambda; includes Phi 1 Orionis Spermatozoon TAU 05 43,0 21 30 8 30' 5 435' E of Zeta TAU; 0,5 degree-long chain of nearly equal magnitude stars; with brightest at point of triangular head False Kids AUR 05 50,0 38 00 4 2d X 0,5d 5 4Nu; Tau and Upsilon Aurgae form a triangle similar to the Kids across Auriga near Theta Aurigae Heavenly 'G' GEM 06 00,0 25 00 -1 53d X 46d 12 4In order Capella; Castor; Pollux; Procyon; Sirius; Rigel; Aldebaran and Betelgeuse for a 'G'iant letter in the Winter sky; largest asterism? Winter Triangle CMI 06 30,0 -01 00 -1 25 deg 12 4Procyon; Sirius and Betelgeuse form conspicuous triangle during northern Winter Orion's Belt ORI 06 35,0 -02 00 1 3 deg 12 4Only place in the sky with 3 bright stars in a mostly straight line; Zeta; Epsilon; Delta Orionis Orion's Sword ORI 06 38,0 -05 31 2 2,5 deg 12 4Curved sword appears to hang from left side of Belt; Rho; Theta and Iota Orionis; includes M 42--the Orion Nebula Herschel's Telescope AUR 06 40,0 42 00 4 7d X 2d 5 4Psi 2 thru Psi 9 (inclusive) Aurigae for a scaffold and tube that is somewhat like the large 20 foot telescope; includes cluster NGC 2281 Unicorn's Horn MON 06 40,5 -09 00 8 10' 12 4Small arrowhead of pretty faint stars Pakan's 3 MON 06 52,5 -10 10 8 30' 12 4Fairly small figure located 3 degrees SW of cluster M 50 Mini Orion CMA 07 17,0 -24 21 5 15' 19 46 stars; just naked eye Tuft in the tail CMA 07 24,0 -32 12 5 2 deg 19 4Collinder 140; from Steve Coe; giant naked eye cluster is pretty bright spot south of tail of Canis Major Tiny Southern Cross VEL 07 53,5 -62 21 8 5' X 4' 25 9Tiny grouping that is a Crux look-alike; two degrees south of cluster NGC 2516 Argo Navis CAR 08 00,0 -45 00 0 53d X 39d 19 10Ancient constellation of Ship of the Argonauts; broken into Carina (keel);Puppis (poop deck); Vela (sails) and Pyxis (compass) Little Crab CNC 08 05,0 15 00 5 4d X 0,5d 5 4Cancer Minor; constellation from Cellarius Atlas in 17th century; 3;5 and 8 Cancri for straight line similar to depiction in atlas Southern Little Queen PUP 08 08,0 -15 11 8 7' X 2' 12 4Small Cassiopeia look-alike; not very promenint; by Magda Streicher Manger CNC 08 40,0 20 00 4 4d X 2d 5 4Four stars surround the Beehive Cluster (M 44); Gamma; Delta; Eta and Theta Cancri; from Christian lore Head of Hydra HYA 08 45,0 05 00 4 5d X 3d 12 4Delta; Rho; Eta; Zeta and Epsilon Hydrae form an irregular circlet: AKA Radio Antenna False Cross VEL 08 58,0 -56 28 2 7d X 4d 25 9Kappa and Delta Velorum/ Iota and Epsilon Carina Sickle LEO 10 00,0 20 00 1 12d X 8d 13 5The Sickle of Leo includes the bright star Regulus; giant backward question mark Diamond Cross CAR 10 01,6 -67 22 2 5d X 3d 25 9Beta; Omega; Omicron and Upsilon Carinae Sailboat Cluster LMI 10 14,0 31 30 7 45' 6 5A dozen pretty faint stars Parabola ANT 10 14,0 -40 20 6 3' X 2' 25 9A tiny curved arc of 4 pretty bright stars and two fainter members; from Magda Streicher Broken engagement Ring UMA 10 51,0 56 09 7 20' 2 1An open or 'C' shaped grouping of 10 stars; AKA The Crown Pointers (North) UMA 11 05,0 59 00 1 5 deg 2 1Alpha and Beta UMA point toward North Celestial Pole; also known as the Keepers of the Pole Big Dipper UMA 12 15,0 57 00 1 25 deg 2 1The Plough; Charles's Wain (Wagon); includes northern Pointer stars Sail CRV 12 25,0 -20 00 3 7d X 3d 13 6Beta; Gamma; Delta and Epsilon Corvi form a sail shaped grouping south of Virgo Southern Cross CRU 12 30,0 -60 00 2 6 deg 25 10Crux is smallest constellation; starting at bottom with Alpha the star are in order of brightness going clockwise Stargate COR 12 35,7 -12 02 6 15' 13 61 degree SW from M 104 in Virgo; 4 stars of 7th magnitude including double star Struve 1659 Jaws VIR 12 38,5 -11 30 7 15' 13 625 arcminutes WNW of M 104; chain of 8 stars outline a shark Skip Loader VIR 12 40,0 00 00 3 20 deg 14 6Epsilon; Delta; Gamma; Eta and Beta Virginis from the bucket of a tractor following behind the Lion Horse and Rider UMA 13 25,0 55 00 3 12' 2 1Mizar and Alcor; Zeta Ursa Majoris and 80 Ursa Majoris; an ancient test of naked eye visual acuity Night Owl (Noctus) HYA 14 00,0 -25 00 5 1,3d X 0,7d 14 647 and 48 Hydrae from the eyes of a faint owl that sits on the tail of Hydra; ancient constellation Dark Emu CEN 14 00,0 -60 00 2 38 deg 25 10Giant dark nebula with Coal Sack as head of long necked bird that extends to western Scorpius; Alpha and Beta Centauri invl; Aboriginal origin Napoleon's Hat BOO 14 14,0 18 33 8 20' X 7' 7 67 stars form a chain that does indeed look like the outline of a French Marshall's hat in the 18th century; 40 arcminutes south of Arcturus Pointers (South) CEN 14 22,0 -61 00 0 4 deg 25 10Alpha and Beta Centauri point toward the Southern Cross; Alpha CEN is nearest star to Sun Kite BOO 14 40,0 30 00 1 23 deg 7 6A Kite-shaped figure enclosed by Alpha; Beta; Gamma; Delta; Epsilon and Rho Bootis Mini Scorpion HYA 14 50,0 -26 00 4 5d X 2d 14 654 thru 60 Hydrae for a curved arc much like Scorpius; in some sources this is location of Noctus; confusing Golden Horseshoe CIR 14 50,0 -66 00 6 1 deg 25 1014 stars in a 'U' shape; locat...
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