Antlia Ant Antlis |
Apus Aps Apodis |
Ara Ara Arae |
Caelum Cae Caeli |
Carina Car Carinae |
Centaurus Cen Centauri |
Circinus Cir Circini |
Canis Major CMa Canis Minoris |
Columba Col Columbae |
Corona Austrinus CrA Coronae Australis |
Crux Cru Crucis |
Chamaeleon Cha Chamaeleontis |
Dorado Dor Doradus |
Eridanus Eri Eridani |
Grus Gru Gruis |
Horologium Hor Horologii |
Hydrus Hyi Hydi |
Indus Ind Indi |
Lupus Lup Lupi |
Mensa Men Mensae |
Microscopium Mic Microscopii |
Musca Mus Muscae |
Norma Nor Normae |
Octans Oct Octanis |
Pavo Pav Pavonis |
Pheonix Phe Pheonicis |
Pictor Pic Pictoris |
Puppis Pup Puppus |
Pyxis Pyx Pyxidis |
Reticulum Ret Reticuli |
Scorpius Sco Scorpii |
Sagittarius Sgr Sagitarii |
Telescopium Tel Telescopii |
Triangulum Australe TrA Trianguli Australis |
Vela Vel Velorum |
Volans Vol Volantis |
1. Constellations highlighted in YELLOW in the
above table are true circumpolar constellations from
-35oS latitudes, which I have termed
the Inner Southern Constellations. 2. Octans is always circumpolar regardless of southern latitude. 3. NMa (LMC), NMi (SMC) These appeared in the original IAU Constellation 1930, but was soon dropped. This remains unfortunate, as the Magellanic Clouds contain many more deep-sky than many of the other southern constellations! The only usage I’ve seen is in Hartung’s “Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes” published in 1968. 4. ‘Australis’ is sometimes used in both the nominative and genative terms 5. Argo genitive Argüs is the older southern constellation that was divided into the modern constellations of Carina, Vela, Puppis and Pyxis (older Malus.) 6. Serpens (not listed here) is the only constellation divided into two parts. These are Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda who are split by the equatorial constellation of Ophiuchus - The Serpent Bearer. 7. When calculation Sagittarius area just subtract CrA from the southern section! 8. For the split constellations, the number in the “Pos.” column is in order of the total area (T) and NOT the given calculated area portion (P). Some in the Tables are maked ?, as I have left out for the moment as calculating the area will frankly take a bit of time due to the jagged constellation boundaries! |
CONSTELLATION NAME |
GENITIVE NAME |
Abb. |
Cul 9pm |
Cul 12am |
Area (sq.deg) |
Pos. |
Central Position |
Mensa | Mensae | Men | 29 Jan | 14 Dec | 153.484 | 76 | (05300-7741) |
Volans | Volantis | Vol | 05 Mar | 19 Jan | 141.354 | 77 | (07540-6852) |
Chamaeleon | Chamaeleontis | Cha | 17 Apr | 02 Mar | 131.592 | 80 | (10418-7709) |
Crux | Crucis | Cru | 14 May | 30 Mar | 68.447 | 89 | (12274-5905) |
Musca | Muscae | Mus | 15 May | 31 Mar | 138.355 | 78 | (12345-7006) |
Circinus | Circini | Cir | 16 Jun | 01 May | 93.353 | 86 | (14436-6426) |
Apus | Apodis | Apu | 07 Jul | 24 May | 206.327 | 68 | (16037-7556) |
Triangulum Australe | Trianguli Australis | TrA | 09 Jul | 25 May | 109.978 | 84 | (16069-6455) |
Pavo | Pavonis | Pav | 04 Sep | 21 Jul | 377.666 | 44 | (19598-6337) |
Hydrus | Hydrae | Hyi | 14 Dec | 30 Oct | 294.006 | 49 | (02319-7242) |
Octans | Octanis | Oct | Circum | 08 Aug | 91.045 | 50 | (21064-8442) |
CONSTELLATION NAME |
GENITIVE NAME |
Abb. |
Cul 9pm |
Cul 12am |
Area (sq.deg) |
Pos. |
Central Position |
Reticulum | Reticuli | Ret | 03 Jan | 20 Nov | 113.936 | 83 | (03565-5948) |
Cælum | Caeli | Cae | 15 Jan | 30 Nov | 124.865 | 82 | (04466-3819) |
Dorado | Doradus | Dor | 28 Jan | 14 Dec | 179.173 | 73 | (05278-6422) |
Pictor | Pictoris | Pic | 30 Jan | 15 Dec | 246.739 | 59 | (05386-5302) |
Columba | Columbae | Col | 03 Feb | 19 Dec | 270.184 | 54 | (05501-3505) |
Southern Puppis | Puppis | Pup | 27 Feb | 12 Jan |
421.010 P 673.434 T |
20 T | (07257-4036) |
Puppis* | Puppis | Pup | 27 Feb | 12 Jan | 673.434 T | 20 T | (07257-4036) |
Carina | Carinae | Car | 18 Mar | 01 Feb | 494.184 | 33 | (08548-6119) |
Pyxis | Pyxidis | Pyx | 21 Mar | 04 Feb | 220.883 | 65 | (08568-2806) |
Vela | Velorum | Vel | 29 Mar | 12 Feb | 499.649 | 31 | (09249-4759) |
Antlia | Antliae | Ant | 10 Apr | 23 Feb | 238.901 | 62 | (10081-3419) |
Centaurus | Centauri | Cen | 25 May | 10 Apr | 1060.422 | 09 | (13043-4540) |
Lupus | Lupi | Lup | 23 Jun | 12 May | 333.683 | 46 | (15210-4319) |
Norma | Normae | Nor | 08 Jul | 23 May | 165.290 | 75 | (16010-5131) |
Southern Scorpius | Scorpii | Sco | 24 Jul | 08 Jun |
?? P 496.783 T |
33 | (17017-3719) |
Ara | Arae | Ara | 28 Jul | 13 Jun | 237.057 | 63 | (17218-5329) |
Corona Australis | Corona Australis | CrA | 15 Aug | 02 Jul | 127.696 | 81 | (18381-4058) |
Telescopium | Telescopii | Tel | 25 Aug | 11 Jul | 251.512 | 57 | (19158-5129) |
Microscopium | Microscopii | Mic | 20 Sep | 06 Aug | 209.513 | 66 | (20565-3619) |
Indus | Indi | Ind | 28 Sep | 14 Aug | 294.006 | 49 | (21325-5825) |
Grus | Gruis | Gru | 13 Oct | 29 Aug | 365.513 | 45 | (22289-4536) |
Phoenix | Phoenicis | Phe | 18 Nov | 04 Oct | 469.319 | 36 | (00536-4831) |
Tucana | Tucanae | Tuc | 01 Nov | 17 Sep | 294.557 | 48 | (23371-6718) |
Southern Eridanus | Eridani | Eri | 22 Dec | 06 Nov |
0264.0.. P 1137.919 T |
-- | (03036-4354) |
Eridanus* | Eridani | Eri | 25 Dec | 09 Nov | 1137.919 T | 06 T | (03036-4354) |
Horologium | Horologii | Hor | 27 Dec | 12 Nov | 248.885 | 58 | (03252-5216) |
CONSTELLATION NAME |
GENITIVE NAME |
Abb. |
Cul 9pm |
Cul 12am |
Area (sq.deg) |
Pos. |
Central Position |
Southern Sculptor | Sculptoris | Scl | 21 Nov | 07 Oct |
c.35 P 474.164 T |
35 * | (01011-3208) |
Southern Fornax | Forancis | For | 15 Dec | 31 Oct | ? P 397.502 T | 41 | (02482-3142) |
Mid-Southern Eridanus | Eridani | Eri | 05 Jan | 20 Nov |
? P 1137.919 T |
06** | (04000-3000) |
Southern Puppis | Puppis | Pup | 27 Feb | 12 Jan |
421.010 P 673.434 T |
20** | (07257-4036) |
Antlia | Antliae | Ant | 10 Apr | 23 Feb | 238.901 | 62 | (10081-3419) |
Southern Sagittarius | Sagittarii | Sgr | 27 Aug | 13 Jul |
? P 867.432 T |
15** | (19219-3729) |
Pisces Austrinus | Piscis Austrini | PsA | 10 Oct | 25 Sep | 245.375 | 60 | (22168-3024) |
COLUMN |
ABBEVIATION or VALUE |
DESCRIPTION |
1 | CONSTELLATION | Constellation Name, being for the whole area, or partial area within the declination range. |
2 | GENATIVE | Constellation name that follows the Greek or Roman Letter for the designation of a naked-eye star. |
3 | ABB. | Standard IAU three letter abbreviation for the Constellation. |
4 | Cul. 9pm | Culmination at 9 pm of a constellation or celestial object crossing the meridian of an observer. |
5 | Cul 12am. | Culmination at 12am (at Midnight) of a constellation or celestial object crossing the meridian of an observer. |
6 | Area (sq.deg) | Area of the constellation in square degrees. (P) Partial; to -30 deg. OR (T) Total Area |
7 | Pos. | Position from largest to smallest in order of total area for all 88 recognised constellations. |
8 | Central Position | The approximate Right Ascention and Declination of the constellation’s center. (where possible) Date here is given for the highest altitude of the constellation’s centre. |