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Hawaiian Astronomical Society Deepsky Atlas: Constellation List

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The Constellations by Alphabet

• Andromeda -- Daughter of Cassiopeia

• Antlia -- It's a Gas, Gas, Gas

• Apus -- Footloose, but Colorful

• Aquarius -- Water Bearer

• Aquila -- Doing his Master's Bidding

• Ara -- Chiron's (Dionysius', Noah's) Altar

• Aries -- The Ram who lost Helle

• Auriga -- Tragic Charioteer, or Herdsman?

• Boötes -- Hunter of his Mother, or Inventor of the Plough?

• Camelopardalis -- A Leopard Camel

• Cancer -- Unfortunate Crab

• Canes Venatici -- Boötes' Hunting Dogs

• Canis Major -- One of Orion's Dogs

• Capricornus -- A Goat adapted for Swimming

• Carina -- Keel of Argo Navis

• Cassiopeia -- Mother of Andromeda

• Centaurus -- Chiron the Centaur

• Cepheus -- Father of Andromeda

• Cetus -- The Sea Monster of Ethiopia

• Chamaeleon -- Well Hidden

• Circinus -- A Compass (for drawing circles)

• Columba -- Bringing a sign of Peace

• Coma Berenices -- An Egyptian Queen's Hair

• Corona Australis -- Passion run Amok

• Corvus -- A Slow Crow

• Crux -- The Southern Cross

• Cygnus -- Orpheus, or Zeus on the Prowl?

• Delphinus -- Rescuer of Poetry

• Dorado -- What Hawaiians call the Mahi-mahi

• Draco -- The Dragon of many Stories

• Eridanus -- The River claimed by Everyone

• Fornax -- Death of an Element

• Gemini -- Famous Twins who weren't Quite

• Grus -- Observing the time of its Coming

• Hercules -- Half Mortal, Half God, Half Brained

• Horologium -- When Clocks became Useful

• Hydra -- Many Heads with one Thought

• Lacerta -- A Lizard

• Leo -- The Nemaean Lion Killed by Hercules

• Leo Minor -- Small Lion, Big Feet

• Lepus -- A Dead Bunny Rabbit

• Libra -- Grasping the Weight of Justice

• Lupus -- Centaur's Wineskin, Wolf, Panther, Baby killing King

• Lynx -- A kind of Cat

• Lyra -- The Lyre of Orpheus

• Monoceros -- The "One Horned"

• Musca -- A Fly demoted from a Bee

• Norma -- For all you Carpenters

• Ophiuchus -- A Healer too Good at his Craft

• Orion -- A Life of Sex and Violence

• Pavo -- the Eyes of a Giant

• Pegasus -- The Medusa's "Child"

• Perseus -- He never Looked her in the Eye

• Pisces -- A Goddess and her Son Escape a Monster

• Puppis -- Stern of Argo Navis

• Pyxis -- Compass of Argo Navis

• Reticulum -- From Geometric Shape to Reticle

• Sagitta -- Whose Arrow is it?

• Sagittarius -- A Centaur Archer

• Sculptor -- The Sculptor's Workshop

• Scorpius -- The Scorpion who Killed Orion

• Scutum -- The Shield of a Polish King

• Serpens -- A Medical Symbol

• Sextans -- Navigation before GPS

• Taurus -- Sex Consummated, Sex Denied

• Triangulum -- A Triangle

• Telescopium -- Is Shorter Better?

• Triangulum Australe -- Another Carpenters' Tool

• Tucana -- A Toucan

• Ursa Major -- Demonstrating how People Change

• Vela -- Sails of Argo Navis

• Virgo -- Death or Life, It's all in the Family

• Vulpecula -- A Fox nabs a Goose

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