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A constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere. The name is Latin for "the southern fish" in contrast with the larger constellation Pisces, which represents a pair of fishes. Prior to the 20th ...

Puppis

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation in the southern sky. Its name is the Latin word for the poop deck of a ship, and Puppis represents the deck of the ship and its deckhouses. Puppis was originally part of an over-large ...

Pyxis

Astronomy; General astronomy

A small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (it should not be confused with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis is completely ...

Reticulum

Astronomy; General astronomy

A small, faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for a small net, or reticle—a net of crosshairs at the focus of a telescope eyepiece that is used to measure star positions. (1) ...

Sagitta

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation. Its name is Latin for "arrow", and it should not be confused with the larger constellation Sagittarius, the archer. Although ancient, it is insignificant, for it has no star brighter ...

Sagittarius

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation of the zodiac, the one containing the galactic center. Its name is Latin for the archer. Sagittarius is commonly represented as a centaur drawing a bow. It lies between Ophiuchus to ...

lupus

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for wolf. Lupus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern ...