Your Constellations

The constellations below were sent in by people like you! Each display shows the constellation's stars (from the SkyServer notebook). Click on "Navigate" to see the star in the Navigation tool. Each also has a picture (from SkyServer) and a story about how it became a constellation.

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The Blunt Smile
by Sam D.

SkyServer NoteBook objId type ra dec     587731511531995190 STAR 18.70000772 -1.03172769 Explore Navigate 587731511531995209 STAR 18.71997039 -1.03359723 Explore Navigate 588015507666960405 GALAXY 18.69932833 -1.05213147 Explore Navigate 588015507666960416 GALAXY 18.72215215 -1.05845402 Explore Navigate 588015507666960419 GALAXY 18.71069123 -1.05527471 Explore Navigate   Notebook saved on Monday, July 30, 2007 7:12:00 PM

The arrows point to the stars of the Blunt Smile constellation. Notice the red streak that forms the mouth. This is the trail of a satellite that happened to pass by when the image was taken, then moved away. So this was a temporary constellation! Sam D. found it from a picture that was taken when the satellite trail was there, but the satellite trail isn't there anymore.

The Fish
by Brad F.

SkyServer NoteBook objId type ra dec     587731511531929706 GALAXY 18.62473119 -0.84446568 Explore Navigate 587731512068669465 GALAXY 18.18039206 -0.48041566 Explore Navigate 587731512069062727 GALAXY 19.17786714 -0.45097677 Explore Navigate 588015508203503699 GALAXY 18.04910203 -0.8217718 Explore Navigate 588015508203896966 STAR 18.8567543 -0.76093632 Explore Navigate 588015508204027962 GALAXY 19.22826631 -0.6843753 Explore Navigate   Notebook saved on Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:06:21 PM