Since 1996 we have been featuring all kinds of information relating to all 88 constellations.

First the Greek myths of each constellation (or rather, of those constellations which have a myth) are discussed, followed by lots of data on many of the stars themselves, such as their visual magnitude, distance, and so on.

Finally, suggestions on things to observe, such as a particularly fine binary system, a long range variable, or a deep sky object.

A star chart of the constellation helps the observer locate the various stars in the night sky.

These charts have been completely redrawn and now show the curvature of the sky as well as all neighbouring stars.
A printed version of The Constellations Web Page is available, in both the ‘desk’ edition and the ‘field’ edition: each one with 308-pages, including graphics of all the constellations and much more.

Also guide books are available for residents of the Southern Hemisphere. See the Main Menu (link below) for more information.

(See the Greek alphabet if you need
a little help in telling a phi from a psi).

From The Constellations Table choose the constellation about which you wish information.

You might want to make the above link a Bookmark for future use, to avoid this introductory page.

Once you've started looking for information, you'll find a number of linked pages, such as to the Messier objects, and to all NGC objects that are mentioned. There are even links to the Greek gods and goddesses who appear.

[All pages of this web site can be
conveniently accessed from The Main Menu.]

To report broken links and errors


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(23 Feb 1997)

Last updated 5 December 2008.

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© by Richard Dibon-Smith.