Argo Navis ( or simply Argo ) was a large constellation in the southern sky that has since been divided into three constellations.

It was unwieldy due to its enormous size: were it still considered a single constellation, it would be the largest of all.

The constellation Pyxis ( the mariner's compass ) occupies an area which in antiquity was considered part of Argo's mast ( called Malus ).

The Maori had several names for what was the constellation Argo, these included Te Waka-o-Tamarereti, Te Kohi-a-Autahi, and Te Kohi.

* The constellation Pegasus, who was born from the stump of Medusa's neck, after Perseus had decapitated her

* The constellation Pisces, which may have been treated as two fish caught by Dictys the fisherman who was brother of Polydectes, king of Seriphos, the place where Perseus and his mother Danaë were stranded

In the Japanese anime Saint Seiya the character, Shun, represents the Andromeda constellation using chains as his main weapons, reminiscent of Andromeda being chained before she was saved by Perseus.

The constellation was created in the 18th century from an undesignated region of sky, so the stars comprising Antlia are faint.

After its introduction on Plancius's globe, the first known depiction of the constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603, where it was called " Apis Indica ".

In antiquity, Arcturus was closer to the centre of the constellation.

The Murray River was formed when Totyerguil the hunter speared Otjout, a giant Murray Cod, who, when wounded, churned a channel across southern Australia before entering the sky as the constellation Delphinus.

The classical constellation of Argo Navis was broken up into several different constellations, for the convenience of stellar cartographers.

The constellation was a symbol of the god Ea and in the Early Bronze Age marked the winter solstice.

The USS Capricornus ( AKA-57 / LKA-57 ), an, was named after the constellation.

Crux was visible to the Ancient Greeks ; Ptolemy regarded it as part of the constellation Centaurus.

However, Cadamosto's constellation had too many stars and was tilted incorrectly.

The constellation was also used on the dark blue, shield-like patch worn by personnel of the U. S. Army's Americal Division, which was organized in the Southern Hemisphere, on the island of New Caledonia, and also the blue diamond of the U. S. 1st Marine Division, which fought on the Southern Hemisphere islands of Guadalcanal and New Britain.

The Javanese people of Indonesia called this constellation Gubug pèncèng (" raking hut ") or lumbung (" the granary "), because the shape of the constellation was like a raking hut.

The Great Rhea was a constellation of the Bororo people of Brazil.

USS Crux ( AK-115 ) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the constellation.

For example, the asteroid 4 Vesta was discovered in this constellation in 1807.

USS Cetus ( AK-77 ) was a United States Navy Crater class cargo ship named after the constellation.

* Cone Nebula ( also known as NGC 2264 ), an H II region in the constellation of Monoceros

The constellation also harbors the wide spiral galaxy NGC 6907.

Some say that the Greeks took the constellation of Centaurus, and also its name " piercing bull ", from Mesopotamia, where it symbolized the god Baal who represents rain and fertility, fighting with and piercing with his horns the demon Mot who represents the summer drought.

The South ecliptic pole also lies within this constellation.

The German Karl Adolph von Basedow also independently reported the same constellation of symptoms in 1840, while earlier reports of the disease were also published by the Italians Giuseppe Flajani and Antonio Giuseppe Testa, in 1802 and 1810 respectively, and by the English physician Caleb Hillier Parry ( a friend of Edward Jenner ) in the late 18th century.

He was associated with the southern band of constellations called stars of Ea, but also with the constellation AŠ-IKU, the Field ( Square of Pegasus ).

The constellation is also associated with some lunar mythology, including the Moon rabbit.

Vega and its surrounding stars are also treated as a constellation in other cultures.

Alfonso also describes a game entitled " astronomical chess ", played on a board of seven concentric circles, divided radially into twelve areas, each associated with a constellation of the Zodiac.

Mira ( or ) also known as Omicron Ceti ( ο Ceti, ο Cet ), is a red giant star estimated 200-400 light years away in the constellation Cetus.

*** Pleiades ( daughters of Atlas and Pleione ; constellation ; also were classed as Oreads )

* The Jewel Box ( also known as NGC 4755 or Kappa Crucis Cluster )-open cluster in the Crux constellation @ SKY-MAP. ORG

Piscis Austrinus ( also known as Piscis Australis ) is a constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere.

In the federal ( bicameral ) kingdom of Belgium, there is a curious asymmetrical constellation serving as directly elected legislatures for three " territorial " regions — Flanders ( Dutch ), Brussels ( bilingual, certain peculiarities of competence, also the only region not comprising any of the 10 provinces ) and Wallonia ( French )— and three cultural communities — Flemish ( Dutch, competent in Flanders and for the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Brussels ), Francophone ( French, for Wallonia and for Francophones in Brussels ) and German ( for speakers of that language in a few designated municipalities in the east of the Walloon Region, living alongside Francophones but under two different regimes )

The programme is also available via Internet and transmitted by the Hot Bird constellation.

Thuban also known by its Bayer designation Alpha Draconis ( α Draconis, α Dra ) is a star ( or star system ) in the constellation of Draco.

Ursa Major ( Latin: " Larger Bear "), also known as the Great Bear, is a constellation visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere.

The spiral galaxies Messier 108 and Messier 109 are also be found in this constellation.

Ursa Minor ( Latin: " Smaller Bear ", contrasting with Ursa Major ), also known as the Little Bear, is a constellation in the northern sky.

Polaris can also be found by following a line through the two stars that form the end of the " bowl " of the Big Dipper, a nearby asterism found in the constellation Ursa Major.

But the name may also derive from the Hebrew root K-S-L as in the words " kesel, kisla " ( hope, positiveness ) or " ksil " ( Orion, a constellation that shines especially in this month )-because the expectation and hope for rains.

The name refers either to the constellation Ursa Major, the " Great Bear ", which is prominent in the northern portion of the celestial sphere, or to the constellation Ursa Minor, the " Little Bear ", which contains Polaris, the Pole Star, also known as the North Star .< ref >