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Equueleus

Astronomy; General astronomy

Its name is Latin for 'little horse', a foal. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It is the second ...

A constellation in the northern sky, close to the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for dolphin. It is one of the smaller constellations, ranked 69th in size out of 88. Delphinus was one of the 48 ...

Crater

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation. Its name is Latin for cup, and in Greek mythology it is identified with the cup of the god Apollo. It was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, ...

Draco

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. Draco is circumpolar (that is, never setting) for many observers in the northern hemisphere. It was one of the 48 constellations ...

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

Astronomy; General astronomy

The UARS is a NASA owned satellite that will be re-entering the earth's atmosphere on the evening of Friday 23rd September. The satellite will break up and fall over an area of 300 square miles, ...

Indus

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation in the southern sky. Created in the sixteenth century, it represents an Indian, a word that could refer at the time to any native of Asia or the Americas.

Libra

Astronomy; General astronomy

A constellation of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for weighing scales, and its symbol is (Unicode ♎). It is fairly faint, with no first magnitude stars, and lies between Virgo to the west and Scorpius ...