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Lup - Lupus the Wolf

  • Cen - Centaurus the Centaur

    IAU Constellation
    Cen - Centaurus the Centaur

    Size

    9 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern

    Intro and Visual description

    Partially visible only in March and April from 35 degrees north latitude.

    Hadar, a knee of the Centaur, is on a line from Alpha Centauri to Crux.

  • Cir - Circinus the Drafting Compasses (35)

    IAU Constellation
    Cir - Circinus the Drafting Compass

    Size

    85 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
    Circumpolar (southern)
  • Lib - Libra the Balance

    IAU Constellation
    Lib - Libra the Balance

    Size

    29 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Zodiac
    Southern

    Intro and Visual description

    Libra is the only inanimate object in the zodiac. It was associated with the scales held by the goddess of justice. 

  • Lup - Lupus the Wolf

    IAU Constellation
    Lup - Lupus the Wolf

    Size

    46 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
  • Nor - Norma the Carpenter's Square

    IAU Constellation
    Nor - Norma the Carpenter's Square

    Size

    74 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
  • Sco - Scorpius the Scorpion

    IAU Constellation
    Sco - Scorpius the Scorpion

    Size

    33 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Zodiac
    Southern

    Intro and Visual description

    East of Virgo along the ecliptic the constellation Scorpius creeps above the treetops, with his menacing tail below, and stinger above. Continue eastward along the ecliptic to the next constellation, Sagittarius the Archer.

  • Bode (1801), Plate 15

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  • Bode (1801), Plate 15: Lupus

    Image

    Bode-1801-15-Lupus
  • Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Lupus

    Image

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  • Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Lupus, detail

    Image

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Tau - Taurus the Bull

IAU Constellation
Tau - Taurus the Bull

Size

17 of 88
Astronomical Regions
Zodiac
Northern
Equatorial

Intro and Visual description

Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.


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