All 88 constellations

The International Astronomical Union divides the whole sky into 88 constellations, together covering every direction without gap or overlap. Each page below carries that constellation's figure drawn from the IAU geometry, its brightest catalogued stars, the range of latitudes it rises from, and the month it sits highest at midnight.

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Northern sky

Centred north of the celestial equator; best from the northern hemisphere. · 30 constellations

Equatorial

Straddling the celestial equator, so visible from nearly everywhere on Earth. · 12 constellations

Southern sky

Centred south of the celestial equator; best from the southern hemisphere. · 46 constellations