The Rambling Astronomer

A faint constellation in the southern sky invented by La Caille in 1752, it is a shame that a constellation trying to represent something so important as the clock should be represented by such a faint and obscure constellation.

Hercules represents a Greek mythological hero famous for his 12 labours, Hercules is the 5th largest constellation and because of the legends associated with Hercules it should be a very prominent constellation sadly its not.

Grus is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the Crane, a type of bird. It is one of twelve constellations conceived by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. It was depicted in Johann Bayer's star atlas Uranometria of 1603.

An ancient constellation, Gemini a winter group represents a pair of twins holding hands. They are Castor and Pollux members of the crew of the ship Argo with Jason in search of the golden fleece.

Castor and Pollux were of mixed parentage although both sons of Leda, Castor’s father was king Tyndareus of Sparta while the father of Pollux was the god Zeus. When Castor died, because he was mortal, Pollux begged his father Zeus to give Castor immortality, and he did, by uniting them together in the heavens.

Near Boroughbridge in North Yorkshire a line of stones were placed about 4,000 years ago, these are the Devil's Arrows.

Fornax is a constellation in the southern sky, Its name is Latin for furnace. It was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. It was originally called Fornax Chemica the Chemical Furnace and was originally part of Eridanus the River.

Eridanus, the 6th largest constellation meanders from Taurus in the north to Hydrus in the south. In mythology, Eridanus was the river into which Phaethon fell after trying to drive the chariot of his father, the Sun god.

Equuleus constellation lies in the northern sky. Its name means “little horse” or “foal” in Latin.

In Greek mythology Equuleus is associated with the foal Celeris (meaning "swiftness" or "speed"), who was the offspring or brother of the winged horse Pegasus.

Draco the Dragon Circumpolar Northern Hemisphere
Dragons feature in many ancient legends, the body of Draco lies coiled around the celestial pole, although a large constellation it is quite faint being formed of a long line of curved stars ending in 4 stars that form a quadrilateral shape that represents the head of the dragon.

And yes if you think you recognise the name Draco its because Harry Potter fans will know that Draco Malfoy an enemy of Harry Potter.

The name Dorado is Spanish for mahi-mahi, or the dolphin-fish. The mahi-mahi has an opalescent skin that turns blue and gold as the fish dies. This may very well be the reason Dorado is sometimes called the goldfish.

Dorado is in the southern sky and was unknown to the Greeks it was the constellation of Dorado was one of twelve created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and first appeared on a celestial globe published circa 1597-8.
Dorado was taken a bit more seriously when it was included by Johann Bayer in 1603 in his star atlas, Uranometria, there are no myths associated with this constellation.

It is in Dorado that we can see the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is a satellite galaxy of our Milky Way Galaxy.