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- 3. The total number of constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
- 4. A large dragon that begins between the big and little dippers.
- 7. The Greek-Egyptian astronomer who wrote down most of the Northern Hemisphere constellations we recognize today.
- 9. This constellation contains the asterism known as The Big Dipper
- 11. The mythological King of Ethiopia.
- 12. This star is the brightest star in the night sky.
- 14. This terrible French guy made a bunch of bad sciencey constellations in the Southern Hemisphere.
- 16. This zodiac constellation is a goat fish.
- 18. The mythological princess of Ethiopia.
- 19. A hunter cursed to constantly be chased by a scorpion.
- 20. The missing 13th zodiac sign known as the snake charmer.
- 22. This horse has one horn coming out of its head!
- 25. This zodiac constellation is known as the ram.
- 26. This zodiac constellation is known as the Scales of Justice.
- 27. The 12 or 13 constellations that the sun moves through during the year.
- 28. The North Star
- 29. This zodiac constellation is known as the Water-Bearer.
- 31. This zodiac constellation is known as the crab.
- 33. Castor and Pollux are the brightest stars in this zodiac constellation.
- 34. This constellation contains the North Star and the asterism known as The Little Dipper.
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- 1. This zodiac constellation is known as the fish... but two of them.
- 2. The hero who saved Andromeda because he just so happened to be carrying the head of Medusa.
- 5. This constellation was the mythological Queen of Ethiopia.
- 6. The number of constellations Ptolemy originally envisioned in the sky.
- 8. This zodiac constellation is known as The Bull.
- 10. The astronomer reponsible for drawing the boundaries between the 88 constellations.
- 11. This constellation contains the brightest star in the night sky.
- 13. In 1690 This German astronomer filled in a bunch of empty space with new Greek sounding constellations that fit the normal theme.
- 15. This missing 89th constellation was considered TOO BIG by LaCaille and was broken into three constellations.
- 17. This zodiac constellation is known as the Lion.
- 21. This zodiac constellation killed Orion the Hunter.
- 23. This zodiac constellation is a centaur but looks like a tea pot.
- 24. This horse has wings!
- 30. In 1603 two dutch astronomers published this star atlas and included a bunch of Greek sounding constellations they made up.
- 32. This zodiac constellation is known as the Maiden.
