Once part of what was the largest constellation in the sky Argo Navis, Carina the Keel is the brightest of the three parts of the Argo and contains the second brightest star in the sky, Canopus.

A crater discovered under the North Sea which could help astronomers explain certain features on some of the the moons of Jupiter,

A constellation seen low in the sky during autumn evenings, it is a faint group although it does have one of the oldest mythological associations.

The second of the hunting dogs which accompany Orion across the sky. The brightest star Procyon together with Sirius and Betelgeuse form the winter triangle.

The constellation that contains Sirius the brightest star in the night sky.

Just a piece of coincidence but two bright fireballs were seen over Manchester on the 14th September, one in 1875 the other in 1901.

Canes Venatici represents the dogs Asterion and Chara, held on a leash by Bootis as they chase the Big Bear around the pole.

Another faint zodiac constellation which is only saved from obscurity because it contains the Beehive star cluster.

A large and barren northern circumpolar constellation as seen from Britain.

An obscure and irrelevant constellation in the southern hemisphere introduced in the 1750s by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.