Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles / And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics

by James Ferguson

399. The names of the Constellations, and the number of Stars observed in each of them by different Astronomers, are as follows.

The antient Constellations.

			Ptolemy.	Tycho.	Hevelius.	Flamsteed.
Ursa minor	The Little Bear		8	7	12	24
Ursa major	The Great Bear		35	29	73	87
Draco	The Dragon		31	32	40	80
Cepheus	Cepheus		13	4	51	35
Bootes, Arctophilax			23	18	52	54
Corona Borealis	The northern Crown		8	8	8	21
Hercules, Engonasin	Hercules kneeling		29	28	45	113
Lyra	The Harp		10	11	17	21
Cygnus, Gallina	The Swan		19	18	47	81
Cassiopea	The Lady in her Chair		13	26	37	55
Perseus	Perseus		29	29	46	59
Auriga	The Waggoner		14	9	40	66
Serpentarius, Ophiuchus	Serpentarius		29	15	40	74
Serpens	The Serpent		18	13	22	64
Sagitta	The Arrow		5	5	5	18
Aquila, Vultur	The Eagle		15	12	23	71
Antinous	Antinous			3	19
Delphinus	The Dolphin		10	10	14	18
Equulus, Equi sectio	The Horse’s Head		4	4	6	10
Pegasus, Equus	The Flying Horse		20	19	38	89
Andromeda	Andromeda		23	23	47	66
Triangulum	The Triangle		4	4	12	16
Aries	The Ram		18	21	27	66
Taurus	The Bull		44	43	51	141
Gemini	The Twins		25	25	38	85
Cancer	The Crab		23	15	29	83
Leo	The Lion		35	30	49	95
Coma Berenices	Berenice’s Hair			14	21	43
Virgo	The Virgin		32	33	50	110
Libra, Chelæ	The Scales		17	10	20	51
Scorpius	The Scorpion		24	10	20	44
Sagittarius	The Archer		31	14	22	69
Capricornus	The Goat		28	28	29	51
Aquarius	The Water-bearer		45	41	47	108
Pisces	The Fishes		38	36	39	113
Cetus	The Whale		22	21	45	97
Orion	Orion		38	42	62	78
Eridanus, Fluvius	Eridanus, the River		34	10	27	84
Lepus	The Hare		12	13	16	19
Canis major	The Great Dog		29	13	21	31
Canis minor	The Little Dog		2	2	13	14
Argo Navis	The Ship		45	3	4	64
Hydra	The Hydra		27	19	31	60
Crater	The Cup		7	3	10	31
Corvus	The Crow		7	4		9
Centaurus	The Centaur		37			35
Lupus	The Wolf		19			24
Ara	The Altar		7			9
Corona Australis	The southern Crown		13			12
Pisces Australis	The southern Fish		18			24

The New Southern Constellations.

Columba Noachi	Noah’s Dove	10
Robur Carolinum	The Royal Oak	12
Grus	The Crane	13
Phœnix	The Phenix	13
Indus	The Indian	12
Pavo	The Peacock	14
Apus, Avis Indica	The Bird of Paradise	11
Apis, Musca	The Bee or Fly	4
Chamæleon	The Chameleon	10
Triangulum Australis	The South Triangle	5
Piscis volans, Passer	The Flying Fish	8
Dorado, Xiphias	The Sword Fish	6
Toucan	The American Goose	9
Hydrus	The Water Snake	10

Hevelius’s Constellations made out of the unformed Stars.

		Hevelius.	Flamsteed.
Lynx	The Lynx	19	44
Leo minor	The Little Lion		53
Asterion & Chara	The Greyhounds	23	25
Cerberus	Cerberus	4
Vulpecula & Anser	The Fox and Goose	27	35
Scutum Sobieski	Sobieski’s Shield	7
Lacerta	The Lizard	10	16
Camelopardalus	The Camelopard	32	58
Monoceros	The Unicorn	19	31
Sextans	The Sextant	11	41

The Milky Way.

400. There is a remarkable track round the Heavens, called the Milky Way from its peculiar whiteness, which is owing to a great number of Stars scattered therein; none of which can be distinctly seen without telescopes. This track appears single in some parts, in others double.

Lucid Spots.