pA bright constellation,honouring the daughter of Cassiopeia. Her mother's boasting aboutAndromeda's beauty angered Neptune,who ordered Andromeda's sacrifice to a sea- monster. However,the hero Perseus rescued and married Andromeda. lThis remarkably barren group has no stars as bright as magitude 4.0 and only one deep-sky object of any note. bOriginally known as Avis Indica. Not very conspicuous/but easy enough to find/close the the south pole. pZodiacal constellation/but rather ill-defined and obscure despite itslarge size. Identified with Ganymede/the cup- bearer of the gods/but not associated with anyclear-cut legends. pA prominent group/in the Milky Way. In mythology/it representsthe eagle sent by Jupiter to carry the shepherd-boy Ganymede to Olympus/on his promotion to chief cup-bearer of the gods. pA fairly distinctive group/in the southern Milky Way/close to the brilliant twins Alpha and Beta Centauri. pA Zodiacal group/but rather inconspicuous. It represents a fabled flying ram with a golden fleece/involved in the rescue of the children Phryxus and Helle. After the ram's death/its fleece was hung in a sacred grove to be removed by Jason.pA brilliant northern group/dominated by Capella. Identified with the disabled demigod Erechthonius/ son of Vulcan/who became King of Athens and invented the four- horse chariot. Auriga is in the Milky Way and hence rich. pAn important group/ dominated by Arcturus. According to one legendBoÖtes was the son of Callisto and a herdsmanwho invented the ox- plough,for which Jupiter placed him in the sky. lAs constellations go/ this group is frankly a waste of time. hA very barren northern group. It was supposed to represent the camel which carried Rebecca to Isaac/but the Latin name was corrupted and it is now a giraffe! pAn obscure Zodiacal group/remeniscent of a ghostly Orion. When Hercules was battling with the Hydra/Juno sent a sea-crab to help it. Hercules duly trod on the crab and killed it/but Juno was able to get it placed in the sky after all! hIdentified with the dogs Asterion and Chara/owned by BoÖtes. This region was called 'The Retreat of the Howling Dogs' by the early Arabs/and this might be where Heveliusgot the idea. pA brilliant group/ famous for Sirius/ visually the brightest star in the sky. Mythologically/the senior of Orion's two dogs/fittingly close to its master in the sky. pThe junior of Orion's two dogs/and less impressive than its companion. pA rather faint group in the Zodiac. It has been identified with the pastoral demigod Pan/but because of its proximity to 'watery' groups like Aquarius and Pisces/it is often depicted as a half-fishand half-goat. aThe keel of the wreckedeponymous ship/famous for the expedition of Jason and his Argonautsto capture the golden fleece of the fabulous ram(Aries). Carina is in a very rich region of the southern Milky Way. pThe vain queen of the Andromeda myth/whose boasting got her into trouble. Cassiopeia is a rich Milky Way group with a distinctive 'W' shape/supposedly delineating the Queen's chair. pA splendid southern group with two 1st. magnitude stars/with its southern part in the rich Milky Way. Represents the wise Centaur/Chiron/who was half-man and half-horseand tutor to Hercules and Jason of Argonaut fame. pThe husband of Queen Cassiopeia/but hardly as conspicuous as his wife. The southern part of the group is in the Milky Way and is fairly rich/however. pSometimes identified with the sea-monster of the Andromeda myth/ at others a harmless whale. Cetus is a very large but rather dim group/ whose fame rests on the variable star Mira. bUndistinguished little group with no star as bright as magnitude 4. lLike many Lacaille groups/hardly worthy of a separate identity. rRepresents the dove Noah released from the Ark/but it is not a conspicuous group. tLegend has it that the Egyptian queen Berenicepromised to cut her lovely hair and place it in Venus' temple if her husband returned safely from the wars. She kept her promise/ and Jupiter moved the hair to the sky. Coma is a large dim cluster.pEasy to recognise/ but rather obscure and has no stars as bright as 4.0 mag. pSmall/but distinctive/ and really does look like a 'crown'. It represents a crown given by the wine-god Bacchus to Ariadne/ daughter of King Minos of Crete. pSmall but conspicuous. Represents a crow sent by Apollo to spy on Coronis/the mother of the doctor Aesculapius when he fell in love with her! Apparently itwas a scathing report/ but Jupiter rewarded the bird with a place in the sky! pSmall and rather faint group close to Corvus. It has been identified with Bacchus' goblet. Crater has only one star above mag. 4.0. rThe smallest of all constellations/and was formerly a part of Centaurus. It is very rich and has more bright stars for its area than any other group. Strictly a kite rather than a cross/its long axis points to the S.Pole. pSplendid group in the richest part of the northern Milky Way. One legend associates it with Jupiter in disguise/while paying an unofficial visit to Leda,the wife of theSpartan king Tyndarus! pAn attractively compact little group. It honours a dolphin which carried Arion/ the great singer/to safety after he had been spitefully thrown overboard off the ship in which he carried home his singing trophies! bRather dim/but notable for containing most of the Large Magella
