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Wikipedia:WikiProject Constellations

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Title

Scope

Parentage

Descendant Wikiprojects

Similar Wikiprojects

Participants

• Lorenzarius
• XJam
• Montréalais
• Caid Raspa
• CalRis
• Sverdrup

Structure

Hierarchy Definition

General Strategy and Discussion forum

• /General
• /Strategy

Completed constellations

• Andromeda
• Antlia
• Aquarius
• Aquila
• Ara
• Aries
• Cancer
• Canis Major
• Canis Minor
• Capricornus
• Cetus
• Coma Berenices
• Crux
• Cygnus
• Delphinus
• Gemini
• Leo
• Libra
• Lyra
• Monoceros
• Norma
• Ophiuchus
• Orion
• Perseus
• Pisces
• Sagitta
• Sagittarius
• Scorpius
• Serpens
• Taurus
• Ursa Major
• Virgo
• Vulpecula

Running total: 32/88 = 36.4% completed!

Peer review

Peer review runs for one month for the respective constellation.

• Ursa Minor (26.3.2004)

Not so completed constellations: table and map done, body only partly

• Apus (body text is a stub)
• Auriga (body text is a stub)
• Boötes (no DSO section)
• Caelum (almost no body text, but a non-standard stars table)
• Camelopardalis (body text is a stub)
• Canes Venatici (body text is a stub)
• Carina (body text is a stub)
• Cassiopeia (missing: features/deep-sky/history sections)
• Centaurus (body text is a stub)
• Cepheus (constellation) (body text is a stub)
• Corvus (needs more info and some copy editing of body text)
• Hercules (constellation) (body text is a stub)
• Lacerta (body text is a stub)
• Pegasus (constellation) (body text is still a bit short)
• Vela (constellation) (body text is a stub)

Remaining ones

• Chamaeleon
• Circinus
• Columba (constellation)
• Corona Australis
• Corona Borealis
• Crater (constellation)
• Dorado
• Draco (constellation)
• Equuleus
• Eridanus
• Fornax
• Grus (constellation)
• Horologium
• Hydra (constellation)
• Hydrus
• Indus (constellation)
• Leo Minor
• Lepus
• Lupus
• Lynx (constellation)
• Mensa (constellation)
• Microscopium
• Musca
• Octans
• Pavo (constellation)
• Phoenix (constellation)
• Pictor
• Piscis Austrinus
• Puppis
• Pyxis
• Reticulum
• Sculptor (constellation)
• Scutum
• Sextans
• Telescopium
• Triangulum Australe
• Triangulum
• Tucana
• Volans

Note: some useful links:

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Constellations/Bordering constellations
• http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/
• http://dph1701.tripod.com/physsci/constellations.html
• http://www.astronomical.org/constellations/obs.html
• http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/const.html

Template

Constellation Name
larger image
Abbreviation	Xxx
Genitive	Xxxxx
Meaning in English	the Xxxxx
Right ascension	xxx h
Declination	xxx°
Visible to latitude	Between +x° and −x°
Best visible	Month
Area  - Total	Ranked xth xxx sq. deg.
Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3	xxx
Brightest star  - Apparent magnitude	xxx xxx
Meteor showers	xxx
Bordering constellations

Definition paragraph. Might as well list some of the major neighboring constellations here.

Notable features

• Named stars
• Special events
• Astronomical discoveries
• Other notable features =P

Notable deep sky objects

• Messier objects
• Other nebulae, galaxies etc.

History and/or Mythology

• Brief information about the history of and/or mythology attached to this constellation.
• Add "See [[Xxxxx (mythology)]]" if such an article exists
• Most constellations with a mythology date to antiquity; most constellations with a defined history (an astronomer who defined them, etc.) have no particular mythology. There are some exceptions.

Astrology

• This part is for the 12 zodiac constellations.

External links

• Add any external links as reference.

Some comments regarding the table

• "Meteor showers": enter "none" instead of removing this entry so that the reader knows that there is no oversight.
• "Bordering constellations": start at the north and continue clockwise

Calculation of "Best visible"

if the result is less than 0, add 12. Then round it up to the next greater integer, for example 3.45 becomes 4. That's it.

Example: Gemini the Twins, central rectascension RA = 7 h, so M = (7/2 − 1.872) months = 1.628 months. Rounded this is 2, thus Feburary.

Recommendations regarding abbreviations/formats

• Right ascension: use the format 23h 15m with a   inbetween, i. e. 23h 15m. If extreme precision is called for, use for example "23h 15m 26.3s". If only hours are given, but an   inbetween, e.g. "23 h".
• Declination: use the purely decimal format +15.98°. Always include the sign, even if positive! If extreme precision is called for, use for example 23° 15' 23.3"
• Apparent magnitude: use the format 7.3m; if it is vital to make a distinction between visual and photographic magnitude, use the format m(v)=7.3 or m(ph)=7.3
• Absolute magnitude: use the format 7.3M
• Spectral classification: use the format O3 III with a   in between, i. e. O3 III
• Light-years: use ly if you want to abbreviate it
• Parsec: use pc if you want to abbreviate it (use parsec sparingly).
• Negative values: Write − instead of a mere "-", so that it looks like −35° instead of -35°.

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Sextrology: The Astrology of Sex and the Sexes		Sexual Astrology : A Sign-by-Sign Guide to Your Sensual Stars		Many Lives, Many Masters		Chart Interpretation Handbook: Guidelines for Understanding the Essentials of the Birth Chart
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