Name
|
Pronunciation
|
Meaning
|
Date created
|
Created by
|
Anguilla |
/ |
Eel |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Antinous |
/ |
Antinous |
0132 !132 |
Emperor Hadrian
|
Apes |
|
Bees (renamed to Vespa, then Lilium, then to Musca Borealis) |
1612 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Apis |
/ |
Bee (obsolete name and renamed to Musca Australis, and then shortened to Musca) |
1598 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Aranea |
/ |
Long-Legged Spider |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Argo Navis |
/ |
The Ship Argo (now divided into Carina, Puppis, and Vela) |
0160 !2nd century |
Claudius Ptolemy
|
Asselli and Praesepe |
|
Dionysus's Asses (Asellus Borealis and Asellus Australis) and Manger (Beehive Cluster) |
-300 !3rd century BC |
Aratus
|
Asterion and Chara |
|
Northern and Southern Dogs in Canes Venatici |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius.
|
Battery of Volta |
|
Battery |
1807 |
Thomas Young
|
Bufo |
/ |
Toad |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Cancer Minor |
/ |
Lesser Crab |
1613 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Capra and Haedi |
|
Goat Amalthea (stars surrounding Capella) and the Kids (Haedus I and Haedus II) |
-300 !3rd century BC |
Aratus
|
Cerberus |
/ |
Cerberus (guardian dog of Hades) |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Cor Caroli Regis Martyris |
|
Charles's Heart |
1673 |
Charles Scarborough
|
Corona Firmiana |
|
Corona Borealis renamed to honor Count Leopold Anton von Firmian |
1730 |
Corbinianus Thomas
|
Custos Messium |
/ |
Keeper of harvests |
1775 |
Jérôme Lalande
|
Deltoton |
|
Delta (obsolete name for Triangulum Boreale) |
1540 |
Petrus Apianus
|
Dentalium |
/ |
Tooth Shell |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Felis |
/ |
Cat |
1799 |
Jérôme Lalande
|
Frederici Honores |
/ |
Frederick's Honors |
1787 |
Johann Elert Bode
|
Gallus |
/ |
Rooster |
1613 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Gladii Electorales Saxonici |
|
Crossed Swords of the Electorate of Saxony |
1684 |
Gottfried Kirch
|
Globus Aerostaticus |
/ |
Hot air balloon |
1798 |
Jérôme Lalande
|
Gryphites |
/ |
Gryphaea shellfish |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Hippocampus |
/ |
Sea Horse |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Hirudo |
/ |
Leech |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Jordanus |
/ |
River Jordan |
1613 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Leo Palatinus |
|
Lion to honor the Elector Palatine Charles Theodore and his wife Elisabeth Auguste |
1785 |
Karl-Joseph König
|
Lochium Funis |
/ |
Log line (renamed to Linea Nautica in 1888 by Eliza A. Bowen) |
1801 |
Johann Elert Bode
|
Lilium |
/ |
Fleur de Lys (renamed Musca Borealis) |
1679 |
Augustin Royer/P. Anthelme
|
Limax |
/ |
Slug |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Linum Piscium |
|
The line connecting the fish (renamed from Linum Austrinum and Linum Boreum by Bode in 1801; known as Lineola too) |
1590 |
Thomas Hood
|
Lumbricus |
/ |
Earthworm |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Machina Electrica |
/ |
Electricity generator |
1800 |
Johann Elert Bode
|
Malus |
/ |
Mast |
1844 |
John Herschel
|
Manis |
/ |
Pangolin |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Marmor Sculptile |
|
Bust of Columbus |
1810 |
William Croswell
|
Mons Maenalus |
/ |
Mount Mainalo |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Musca Borealis |
/ |
Northern Fly |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Noctua |
/ |
Owl |
1822 |
Alexander Jamieson
|
Nubecula Major and Nubecula MinorTemplate:Cn |
|
Magellanic Clouds |
1603 |
Johann Bayer
|
Officina Typographica |
/ |
Printshop |
1801 |
Johann Elert Bode
|
Patella |
/ |
Limpet |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Phoenicopterus |
/ |
Flamingo (an obsolete name for Grus) |
1610 !early 17th century |
Petrus Plancius/Paul Merula
|
Pinna Marina |
/ |
Mussel |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Piscis Notus |
|
Southern Fish (obsolete name for Piscis Austrinus) |
-300 !3rd century BC |
Aratus
|
Polophylax |
/ |
Guardian of the Pole |
1592 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Pomum Imperiale |
|
Leopold's orb |
1688 |
Gottfried Kirch
|
Phaethon |
|
Phaethon |
1300 !Middle Ages |
Aratus/Hyginus
|
Pluteum |
|
Parapet (obsolete for Pictor) |
1881 |
Richard Andree
|
Psalterium Georgii |
/ |
George's Psaltery (renamed to Harp Georgii by Lalande) |
1781 |
Maximilian Hell
|
Quadrans Muralis |
/ |
Mural Quadrant |
1795 |
Jérôme Lalande
|
Quadratum |
|
Rhombus (obsolete name for Reticulum Rhomboidalis) |
1706 |
Carel Allard
|
Ramus Pomifer |
/ |
Apple-bearing Branch |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Robur Carolinum |
/ |
Charles' Oak |
1679 |
Edmund Halley
|
Rosa |
|
Rose |
1536 |
Petrus Apianus
|
Sagitta Australis |
|
Southern Arrow |
1613 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Scarabaeus |
/ |
Rhinoceros Beetle |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Sceptrum Brandenburgicum |
/ |
Scepter of Brandenburg |
1688 |
Gottfried Kirch
|
Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae |
/ |
Scepter and Hand of Justice |
1679 |
Augustin Royer
|
Sciurus Volans |
|
Flying Squirrel (now part of Camelopardalis) |
1810 |
William Croswell
|
Sextants Uraniae |
|
Urania's Sextant (obsolete name for Sextans) |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Siren, Ceneus and Lang |
|
Siren, Lapith Caeneus and Toucan |
1600 !early 17th century |
Unknown/Willem Jansz Blaeu
|
Solarium |
/ |
Sundial |
1822 |
Alexander Jamieson
|
Sudarium Veronicae |
|
Sudarium of Veronica |
1643 |
Antoine Marie Schyrle de Rheita
|
Tarandus or Rangifer |
/ |
Reindeer |
1736 |
Pierre Charles Lemonnier
|
Taurus Poniatovii |
/ |
Poniatowski's Bull |
1777 |
Martin Poczobut
|
Tarabellum and Vexillum |
|
Drill and flag-like Standard |
1100 !12th century |
Michael Scot
|
Telescopium Herschelii |
/ |
Herschel's Telescope (renamed from Tubus Herschelii Major by Bode in 1801) |
1781 |
Maximilian Hell
|
Tubus Herschelii Minor |
|
Herschel's Reflector |
1781 |
Maximilian Hell
|
Testudo |
/ |
Tortoise |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Tigris |
/ |
Tigris River |
1613 |
Petrus Plancius
|
Triangulus Antarcticus |
|
Obsolete name for Triangulum Australe |
1589 |
Peter Plancius
|
Triangulum Majus |
|
Large Triangle (obsolete name for Triangulum) |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Triangulum Minus |
/ |
Small Triangle |
1690 |
Johannes Hevelius
|
Turdus Solitarius |
/ |
Solitary Thrush (renamed to Mocking Bird and then to Noctua). Named in honor of the Rodrigues solitaire, an extinct flightless bird related to the dodo. |
1776 |
Pierre Charles Lemonnier
|
Uranoscopus |
/ |
Star-Gazer fish |
1754 |
John Hill
|
Urna |
|
Urn of Aquarius |
1596 |
Zacharias Bornmann
|
Vespa |
/ |
Wasp (an obsolete name for Musca Borealis) |
1624 |
Jakob Bartsch
|
Triangula, Triangulum, Catuli, Corona, Corolla, Piscis, Camelus, Vulpes, Equus, Delphin, Ursa Minor, Canis, Felis, Leaena and Cervus |
|
Obsolete names for Triangulum Boreale, Triangulum Australe, Canes Venatici, Corona Borealis, Corona Australis, Piscis Australis, Cameleopardalis, Vulpecula et Anser, Equuleus, Delphinus, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Leo Minor and Monoceros |
1873 |
Richard Proctor
|