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LISTS of the SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONSThe SOUTHERN CONSTELLATIONS
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Antlia Ant Antlis |
Apus Aps Apodis |
Ara Ara Arae |
Caelum Cae Caeli |
Canis Major CMa Canis Majoris |
Carina Car Carinae |
Centaurus Cen Centauri |
Chamaeleon Cha Chamaeleontis |
Circinus Cir Circini |
Columba Col Columbae |
Corona Austrinus CrA Coronae Australis |
Crux Cru Crucis |
Dorado Dor Doradus |
Eridanus Eri Eridani |
Grus Gru Gruis |
Horologium Hor Horologii |
Hydrus Hyi Hydi |
Indus Ind Indi |
Lupus Lup Lupi |
Mensa Men Mensae |
Microscopium Mic Microscopii |
Musca Mus Muscae |
Norma Nor Normae |
Octans Oct Octanis |
Pavo Pav Pavonis |
Phoenix Phe Phoenicis |
Pictor Pic Pictoris |
Puppis Pup Puppis |
Pyxis Pyx Pyxidis |
Reticulum Ret Reticuli |
Scorpius Sco Scorpii |
Sagittarius Sgr Sagitarii |
Telescopium Tel Telescopii |
Triangulum Australe TrA Trianguli Australis |
Tucana Tuc Tucanae |
Vela Vel Velorum |
Volans Vol Volantis |
CONSTELLATION NAME |
GENITIVE NAME |
Abb. | Cul 9pm |
Cul 12am |
Area (sq.deg) |
Pos. | Central Position |
Mensa | Mensae | Men | 29 Jan | 14 Dec | 153.484 | 76 | (05300-7741) |
Volans | Volantis | Vol | 05 Mar | 19 Jan | 141.354 | 77 | (07540-6852) |
Chamaeleon | Chamaeleontis | Cha | 17 Apr | 02 Mar | 131.592 | 80 | (10418-7709) |
Crux | Crucis | Cru | 14 May | 30 Mar | 68.447 | 89 | (12274-5905) |
Musca | Muscae | Mus | 15 May | 31 Mar | 138.355 | 78 | (12345-7006) |
Circinus | Circini | Cir | 16 Jun | 01 May | 93.353 | 86 | (14436-6426) |
Apus | Apodis | Apu | 07 Jul | 24 May | 206.327 | 68 | (16037-7556) |
Triangulum Australe | Trianguli Australis | TrA | 09 Jul | 25 May | 109.978 | 84 | (16069-6455) |
Pavo | Pavonis | Pav | 04 Sep | 21 Jul | 377.666 | 44 | (19598-6337) |
Tucana | Tucanae | Tuc | 01 Nov | 17 Sep | 294.557 | 48 | (23371-6718) |
Hydrus | Hydrae | Hyi | 14 Dec | 30 Oct | 294.006 | 49 | (02319-7242) |
Octans | Octanis | Oct | Circum | 08 Aug | 91.045 | 50 | (21064-8442) |
CONSTELLATION NAME |
GENITIVE NAME |
Abb. | Cul 9pm |
Cul 12am |
Area (sq.deg) |
Pos. | Central Position |
Reticulum | Reticuli | Ret | 03 Jan | 20 Nov | 113.936 | 83 | (03565-5948) |
Cælum | Caeli | Cae | 15 Jan | 30 Nov | 124.865 | 82 | (04466-3819) |
Dorado | Doradus | Dor | 28 Jan | 14 Dec | 179.173 | 73 | (05278-6422) |
Pictor | Pictoris | Pic | 30 Jan | 15 Dec | 246.739 | 59 | (05386-5302) |
Columba | Columbae | Col | 03 Feb | 19 Dec | 270.184 | 54 | (05501-3505) |
Southern Puppis | Puppis | Pup | 27 Feb | 12 Jan | 421.01 P |
20 T | (07257-4036) |
Puppis* | Puppis | Pup | 27 Feb | 12 Jan | 673.434 T | 20 T | (07257-4036) |
Carina | Carinae | Car | 18 Mar | 01 Feb | 494.184 | 33 | (08548-6119) |
Pyxis | Pyxidis | Pyx | 21 Mar | 04 Feb | 220.883 | 65 | (08568-2806) |
Vela | Velorum | Vel | 29 Mar | 12 Feb | 499.649 | 31 | (09249-4759) |
Antlia | Antliae | Ant | 10 Apr | 23 Feb | 238.901 | 62 | (10081-3419) |
Centaurus | Centauri | Cen | 25 May | 10 Apr | 1060.422 | 09 | (13043-4540) |
Lupus | Lupi | Lup | 23 Jun | 12 May | 333.683 | 46 | (15210-4319) |
Norma | Normae | Nor | 08 Jul | 23 May | 165.290 | 75 | (16010-5131) |
Southern Scorpius | Scorpii | Sco | 24 Jul | 08 Jun | 496.783 T | 33 | (17017-3719) |
Ara | Arae | Ara | 28 Jul | 13 Jun | 237.057 | 63 | (17218-5329) |
Corona Australis | Corona Australis | CrA | 15 Aug | 02 Jul | 127.696 | 81 | (18381-4058) |
Telescopium | Telescopii | Tel | 25 Aug | 11 Jul | 251.512 | 57 | (19158-5129) |
Microscopium | Microscopii | Mic | 20 Sep | 06 Aug | 209.513 | 66 | (20565-3619) |
Indus | Indi | Ind | 28 Sep | 14 Aug | 294.006 | 49 | (21325-5825) |
Grus | Gruis | Gru | 13 Oct | 29 Aug | 365.513 | 45 | (22289-4536) |
Phoenix | Phoenicis | Phe | 18 Nov | 04 Oct | 469.319 | 36 | (00536-4831) |
Southern Eridanus | Eridani | Eri | 22 Dec | 06 Nov | 264.0 P | -- | (03036-4354) |
Eridanus* | Eridani | Eri | 25 Dec | 09 Nov | 1137.919 T | 06 T | (03036-4354) |
Horologium | Horologii | Hor | 27 Dec | 12 Nov | 248.885 | 58 | (03252-5216) |
CONSTELLATION NAME |
GENITIVE NAME |
Abb. | Cul 9pm |
Cul 12am |
Area (sq.deg) |
Pos. | Central Position |
Southern Sculptor | Sculptoris | Scl | 21 Nov | 07 Oct | c.35 P 474.164 T |
35 * | (01011-3208) |
Southern Fornax | Forancis | For | 15 Dec | 31 Oct | ? P 97.502 T |
41 | (02482-3142) |
Mid-Southern Eridanus | Eridani | Eri | 05 Jan | 20 Nov | ? P 1137.919 T |
06** | (04000-3000) |
Southern Puppis | Puppis | Pup | 27 Feb | 12 Jan | 421.010 P 673.434 T |
20** | (07257-4036) |
Antlia | Antliae | Ant | 10 Apr | 23 Feb | 238.901 | 62 | (10081-3419) |
Southern Sagittarius | Sagittarii | Sgr | 27 Aug | 13 Jul | ? P 867.432 T |
15** | (19219-3729) |
Pisces Austrinus | Piscis Austrini | PsA | 10 Oct | 25 Sep | 245.375 | 60 | (22168-3024) |
1. Constellations highlighted in YELLOW in the above table are
true circumpolar constellations from -35°S latitudes, which I
have termed the Inner Southern Constellations. 2. Octans is always circumpolar regardless of southern latitude. 3. NMa (LMC), NMi (SMC) These appeared in the original IAU Constellation 1930, but was soon dropped. This remains unfortunate, as the Magellanic Clouds contain many more deep-sky than many of the other southern constellations! The only usage I have seen is “Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes” by E.J. Hartung published in 1968. 4. ‘Australis’ is sometimes used in both the nominative and genitive terms 5. Argo genitive Argüs is the older southern constellation that was divided into the modern constellations of Carina, Vela, Puppis and Pyxis (older Malus.) 6. Serpens (not listed here) is the only constellation divided into two parts. These are Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda who are split by the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus — The Serpent Bearer. 7. When calculation Sagittarius area just subtract CrA from the southern section! 8. For the split constellations, the number in the “Pos.” column is in order of the total area (T) and NOT the given calculated area portion (P). Some in the Tables are marked, as I have left out for the moment as calculating the area which will frankly take a bit of time due to the jagged constellation boundaries! |
Last Update : 15th October 2014
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