Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars, that since the early beginnings of astronomy were assembled to form a figure or a picture. Not all of these constellations are still used nowadays. Most of our actual constellations originate in the greek, agyptian or babylonic culture. The boundaries of the constellations were fixed more and more with time. Our actual 88 constellations were defined in a decision of the IAU in the year 1925. The names of all constellations are latin words.

Constellations

latin name	international abbreviation	number of stars
Andromeda	And	139
Antlia	Ant	85
Apus	Aps	67
Aquarius	Aqr	276
Aquila	Aql	146
Ara	Ara	86
Aries	Ari	80
Auriga	Aur	144
Bootes	Boo	140
Caelum	Cae	28
Camelopardis	Cam	138
Cancer	Can	92
Canes venatici	CVn	88
Canis maior	CMa	178
Canis minor	CMi	37
Capricornus	Cap]	134
Carina	Car	268
Cassiopeia	Cas	126
Centaurus	Cen	389
Cepheus	Cep	159
Cetus	Cet	321
Chamaeleon	Cha	50
Circinus	Cir	48
Columba	Col	112
Coma (Berenices)	Com	70
Corona australis	CrA	49
Corona borealis	CrB	31
Corvus	Crv	53
Crater	Crt	53
Crux	Cru	54
Cygnus	Cyg	197
Delphinus	Del	31
Dorado	Dor	43
Draco	Dra	200
Equuleus	Equ	16
Eridanus	Eri	293
Fornax	For	110
Gemini	Gem	106
Gurs	Gru	106
Hercules	Her	227
Horologium	Hor	68
Hydra	Hya	393
Hydrus	Hyi	64
Indus	Ind	84
Lacerta	Lac	48
Leo	Leo	161
Leo minor	KNu	40
Lepus	Lep	103
Libra	Lib	122
Lupus	Lup	159
Lynx	Kyn	87
Lyra	Lyr	69
Mensa	Men	44
Microscopium	Mic	69
Monoceros	Mon	165
Pegasus	Peg	178
Perseus	Per	136
Pisces	Psc	128
Sagitta	Sge	18
Taurus	Tau	188
Triangulum	Tri	227
Ursa maior	UMa	227
Ursa minor	UMi	54
Vulpecula	Vul	62