Equatorial
24 constellations
Orion
The Hunter. Visible worldwide with its distinctive three-star belt. Betelgeuse is a red su...
Leo
The Lion. Regulus means little king and marks the lions heart. The Sickle asterism forms t...
Taurus
The Bull. Aldebaran is the red eye of the bull, 44 times the diameter of the Sun. The Plei...
Gemini
The Twins. Castor and Pollux are the heads of the twins. Pollux is the closest giant star ...
Aquila
The Eagle. Altair is the brightest star and part of the Summer Triangle. Altair rotates so...
Canis Minor
The Lesser Dog. Procyon is the eighth brightest star and one of the nearest at 11.5 light-...
Virgo
The Maiden. The largest constellation of the zodiac and second largest overall. Spica is t...
Libra
The Scales. The only zodiac constellation representing an inanimate object. Zubenelgenubi ...
Aries
The Ram. Historically the first constellation of the zodiac, marking the vernal equinox ab...
Aquarius
The Water Bearer. The tenth largest constellation. Sadalsuud is the brightest star, a yell...
Pisces
The Fish. Currently contains the vernal equinox point, where the Sun crosses the celestial...
Eridanus
The River. The sixth largest constellation, winding from Orion to the far southern sky. Ac...
Cancer
The Crab. The faintest of the twelve zodiac constellations. In Greek myth it was the crab ...
Cetus
The Whale or sea monster. The fourth largest constellation. In Greek myth it was the monst...
Equuleus
The Little Horse or Foal. The second smallest constellation, larger only than Crux. One of...
Hydra
The Water Snake, the largest of all 88 constellations. Stretches more than 100 degrees acr...
Monoceros
The Unicorn. Introduced by Petrus Plancius in the early 1600s, lying within the Winter Tri...
Ophiuchus
The Serpent Bearer, often linked to the healer Asclepius. One of Ptolemys 48 constellation...
Scutum
The Shield. Introduced by Johannes Hevelius in 1684 as the Shield of Sobieski, honoring th...
Serpens
The Serpent, held by Ophiuchus. The only constellation split into two separate parts, Serp...
Sextans
The Sextant. Introduced by Johannes Hevelius in the late 1600s to commemorate the sextant ...
Winter Triangle
A striking equatorial triangle linking Betelgeuse in Orion, Sirius in Canis Major, and Pro...
Winter Hexagon
A vast six sided figure enclosing much of the winter sky, drawn from Rigel, Aldebaran, Cap...
Belt of Orion
Three perfectly aligned second magnitude stars, Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka, form the mo...