Star Constellations

The name “Lepus” derives from the Latin word for “hare”, and although there are no myths associated with this constellation, it is often depicted on old charts as a hare being chased by the dogs …

Draco depicts a dragon, with the creature’s head located just north of the constellation Hercules, and its tail ending between the The Big and Little Dippers in Ursa Major and Ursa Minor respectively. It takes …

Eridanus, like the river it depicts, is a long winding constellation that starts in the northern sky near Rigel in Orion, before eventually winding its way far south close to Hydrus. It is the 6th …

Hydra, the Water Snake, resembles the creature from which its name derives, with it huge body slithering across 100 degrees, and covering 3.158% of the night sky, making it the largest of the 88 constellations. …

Ursa Minor (“Little Bear”) is situated opposite to Ursa Major (“Big Bear”), and like The Big Dipper also contains an asterism of seven main stars, in this case known as The Little Dipper. Unlike The …

Auriga is a beautiful pentagonal constellation that is almost circumpolar, making it visible most of the year round from the northern hemisphere, but best seen during autumn and winter. “The Charioteer”, as it is also …

Hercules is the 5th largest constellation, and contains 22 stars which span an impressive 1,225 square degrees of sky. Because the constellation contains no stars above third magnitude, it can be difficult to identify, although …

Canis Minor (“small dog”) is the 71st largest of the 88 modern constellations, but despite its diminutive stature it does contain Procyon (“before the dog”), the eighth brightest star in the night sky. In the …