All 88 modern constellations, plus the Milky Way and the aurora, are listed in
the table below. Each entry describes the mythology and history of the
constellation along with an illustration of it from an atlas, usually Bode’s Uranographia of 1801 or Flamsteed’s Atlas Coelestis of 1729. For the more prominent constellations I have included some brief
information about the brightest stars and other objects of interest they
contain, including the origin and meaning of star names. Where relevant, I have
added a discussion of Chinese constellations that lay in the same area of sky
as the western constellation. Click on a link to go to the entry, or select
from the pop-up menu above right.
For a table of the sizes and visibility of all 88 constellations, see here.
