Constellations
Every constellation, one visualizer each
All 88 constellations and 20 famous star patterns, each drawn from its real stars where they are in the sky. Pick one to try its looks with your song, or open the Constellations template and choose one there.
Famous star patterns
The shapes people know by name, inside one constellation or across several.
- Big DipperIn Ursa Major
- Cassiopeia's WIn Cassiopeia
- Circlet of PiscesIn Pisces
- False CrossIn Vela and Carina
- Great DiamondIn Boötes, Virgo, Leo and Canes Venatici
- Great Square of PegasusIn Pegasus and Andromeda
- Little DipperIn Ursa Minor
- Northern CrossIn Cygnus
- Orion's BeltIn Orion
- Orion's SwordIn Orion
- PleiadesIn Taurus
- Summer TriangleIn Lyra, Aquila and Cygnus
- The FishhookIn Scorpius
- The KeystoneIn Hercules
- The KiteIn Boötes
- The SickleIn Leo
- The TeapotIn Sagittarius
- The Water JarIn Aquarius
- Winter HexagonIn Canis Major, Canis Minor, Gemini, Auriga, Taurus and Orion
- Winter TriangleIn Canis Major, Canis Minor and Orion
The zodiac
The twelve constellations the Sun passes through in a year.
Ursa Major family
The Great Bear and the northern figures round the pole.
Perseus family
The hero, the princess he saved, her royal parents and the sea monster.
Hercules family
The great hero and the creatures, crowns and tools along the summer sky.
- Aquila (Aql)The Eagle
- Ara (Ara)The Altar
- Centaurus (Cen)The Centaur
- Corona Australis (CrA)The Southern Crown
- Corvus (Crv)The Crow
- Crater (Crt)The Cup
- Crux (Cru)The Southern Cross
- Cygnus (Cyg)The Swan
- Hercules (Her)The Hero
- Hydra (Hya)The Water Snake
- Lupus (Lup)The Wolf
- Lyra (Lyr)The Lyre
- Ophiuchus (Oph)The Serpent Bearer
- Sagitta (Sge)The Arrow
- Scutum (Sct)The Shield
- Serpens (Ser)The Serpent
- Sextans (Sex)The Sextant
- Triangulum Australe (TrA)The Southern Triangle
- Vulpecula (Vul)The Little Fox
Orion family
The Hunter, his two dogs, the hare and the unicorn of the winter sky.
Heavenly Waters
The river, the ship Argo and the creatures of the water.
Bayer family
Southern birds and creatures first charted by sailors in the 1590s.
La Caille family
Southern instruments and tools named in the 1750s.
- Antlia (Ant)The Air Pump
- Caelum (Cae)The Chisel
- Circinus (Cir)The Compasses
- Fornax (For)The Furnace
- Horologium (Hor)The Pendulum Clock
- Mensa (Men)The Table Mountain
- Microscopium (Mic)The Microscope
- Norma (Nor)The Carpenter's Square
- Octans (Oct)The Octant
- Pictor (Pic)The Painter's Easel
- Reticulum (Ret)The Reticle
- Sculptor (Scl)The Sculptor
- Telescopium (Tel)The Telescope
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figures are the IAU's, through d3-celestial. Both are credited on the licences page.