Select Search ----- All Bartleby.com ----- All Reference ----- Columbia Encyclopedia World History Encyclopedia Cultural Literacy World Factbook Columbia Gazetteer American Heritage Coll. Dictionary Roget's Thesauri Roget's II: Thesaurus Roget's Int'l Thesaurus Quotations Bartlett's Quotations Columbia Quotations Simpson's Quotations Respectfully Quoted English Usage Modern Usage American English Fowler's King's English Strunk's Style Mencken's Language Cambridge History The King James Bible Oxford Shakespeare Gray's Anatomy Farmer's Cookbook Post's Etiquette Brewer's Phrase & Fable Bulfinch's Mythology Frazer's Golden Bough ----- All Verse ----- Anthologies Dickinson, E. Eliot, T.S. Frost, R. Hopkins, G.M. Keats, J. Lawrence, D.H. Masters, E.L. Sandburg, C. Sassoon, S. Whitman, W. Wordsworth, W. Yeats, W.B. ----- All Nonfiction ----- Harvard Classics American Essays Einstein's Relativity Grant, U.S. Roosevelt, T. Wells's History Presidential Inaugurals ----- All Fiction ----- Shelf of Fiction Ghost Stories Short Stories Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Columbia Encyclopedia   PREVIOUS NEXT   CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.  2001-07.   Constellations (table)     Constellation English name Position R.A. (hours) DEC. (degrees) Andromeda Andromeda (Chained Lady) 1 +43 Antlia Air Pump 10 -33 Apus Bird of Paradise 16 -75 Aquarius1 Water Bearer 23 -13 Aquila Eagle 20 +4 Ara Altar 17 -52 Aries1 Ram 2 +19 Auriga Charioteer 6 +42 Boötes Herdsman 15 +34 Caelum Chisel 5 -39 Camelopardalis Giraffe 5 +67 Cancer1 Crab 8 +14 Canes Venatici Hunting Dogs 13 +43 Canis Major Large Dog 7 -23 Canis Minor Small Dog 7 +25 Capricornus1 (Sea) Goat 21 -21 Carina Keel 9 -62 Cassiopeia Cassiopeia (Seated Lady) 1 +64 Centaurus Centaur 13 -44 Cepheus Cepheus (the King) 22 +68 Cetus Whale 1 -6 Chamaeleon Chamaeleon 11 -78 Circinus Pair of Compasses 15 -65 Columba Dove 5 -32 Coma Berenices Berenice’s Hair 13 +22 Corona Australis Southern Crown 19 -40 Corona Borealis Northern Crown 16 +31 Corvus Crow 12 -14 Crater Cup 11 -13 Crux Southern Cross 12 -61 Cygnus Swan 21 +48 Delphinus Dolphin 21 +18 Dorado Dorado (a fish) 5 -64 Draco Dragon 17 +61 Equuleus Colt 21 +8 Eridanus Eridanus (a river) 4 -18 Fornax Furnace 3 -31 Gemini1 Twins 7 +18 Grus Crane 22 -41 Hercules Hercules 18 +22 Horologium Clock 3 -53 Hydra Water Monster 10 -16 Hydrus Water Snake 3 -72 Indus Indian 21 -54 Lacerta Lizard 22 +45 Leo1 Lion 11 +17 Leo Minor Small Lion 10 +35 Lepus Hare 5 -23 Libra1 Balance 15 -13 Lupus Wolf 15 -36 Lynx Lynx 8 +41 Lyra Lyre 19 +42 Mensa Table 6 -78 Microscopium Microscope 21 -36 Monoceros Unicorn 7 -8 Musca Fly 13 -72 Norma T-square 16 -52 Octans Octant 20 -79 Ophiuchus Serpent Holder 17 -7 Orion Orion (the Hunter) 5 +2 Pavo Peacock 19 -64 Pegasus Pegasus (Winged Horse) 22 +18 Perseus Perseus (Rescuer of Andromeda) 4 +44 Phoenix Phoenix 0 -52 Pictor Painter’s Easel 5 -49 Pisces1 Fishes 1 +12 Piscis Austinus Southern Fish 22 -28 Puppis Stern 7 -39 Pyxis Mariner’s Compass 9 -32 Reticulum Net 4 -64 Sagitta Arrow 19 +18 Sagittarius1 Archer 19 -32 Scorpius1 Scorpion 17 -32 Sculptor Sculptor’s Workshop 0 -32 Scutum Shield 19 -11 Serpens—Caput Serpent—Head 16 +10 Serpens—Cauda Serpent—Tail 18 -13 Sextans Sextant 10 -5 Taurus1 Bull 4 +25 Telescopium Telescope 19 -51 Triangulum Triangle 2 +32 Triangulum Australe Southern Triangle 16 -65 Tucana Toucan 23 -63 Ursa Major Large Bear 10 +48 Ursa Minor Small Bear 15 +73 Vela Sails 9 -46 Virgo1 Virgin 13 -3 Volans Flying Fish 8 -69 Vulpecula Little Fox 20 +25 1 Zodiac constellation.     The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2007 Columbia University Press. CONTENTS · INDEX · GUIDE · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD   PREVIOUS NEXT     Click here to shop the Bartleby Bookstore. Welcome · Press · Advertising · Linking · Terms of Use · © 2008 Bartleby.com