Mensa is a small, faint constellation in the far southern sky. It was named after Table Mountain (Mons Mensae) in South Africa. It contains a part of the Large Magellanic Cloud.| www.constellation-guide.com
Dorado is a small, faint constellation located in the far southern sky. It represents the dolphinfish or swordfish. The constellation contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.| www.constellation-guide.com
Barnard’s Star (Gliese 699) is a red dwarf located only 5.96 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. It is the fourth nearest individual star to Earth, after the three components of the Alpha Centauri system.| Star Facts
Learn about the 88 modern constellations, their names, history, how to identify them, why we see different constellations at different times of year, and other fun facts.| www.constellation-guide.com
Columba is a faint constellation located in the southern sky. It represents the dove. The constellation is home to the runaway star Mu Columbae, the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1808, and the globular cluster NGC 1851.| www.constellation-guide.com
Carina is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents the keel of the ship Argo. It is home to Canopus, the second brightest star in the sky, and Eta Carinae, a massive star illuminating the Carina Nebula.| www.constellation-guide.com
Puppis is a constellation located in the southern hemisphere. Home to many notable stars, it represents the stern of the ship Argo, on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed to get the Golden Fleece.| www.constellation-guide.com
Canopus, Alpha Carinae (α Car), is a white bright giant star located at a distance of 310 light years from Earth in the constellation Carina. It is the second brightest star in the sky.| Star Facts
Coma Berenices is a faint constellation in the northern sky. It is home to the Black Eye Galaxy (M64), the Needle Galaxy (NGC 4565), the grand design spiral galaxy Messier 100, and the bright nearby Coma Star Cluster.| www.constellation-guide.com
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located 163,000 light-years away in the constellation Dorado and Mensa. It is the brightest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way and one of the nearest galaxies to our own.| www.constellation-guide.com
The list of all the named stars (stars with names that have been formally approved by the IAU), with name origins and etymologies explained.| Star Facts
Ophiuchus, the Serpent Bearer, is a large constellation near the celestial equator. Representing the healer Asclepius in Greek mythology, the constellation is visible from both hemispheres.| www.constellation-guide.com