Template:Constellations

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Constellation history

48 constellations listed by Ptolemy after 150 AD

The 41 additional constellations added in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries

v t e Obsolete constellations (including Ptolemy's Argo Navis)
Anguilla Anser Antinous Apes Aranea Argo Navis Asterion Bufo Cancer Minor Cerberus Chara Custos Messium Felis Honores Friderici/Gloria Frederici Gallus Globus Aerostaticus Hippocampus Hirudo Jordanus Leo Palatinus Lilium Limax Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium Georgianum/Harpa Georgii Quadrans Muralis Ramus Pomifer Robur Carolinum Rosa Scarabaeus Sceptrum Brandenburgicum Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae Solarium Tarandus/Rangifer Taurus Poniatovii Telescopium Herschelii Testudo Tigris Triangulum Minus Turdus Solitarius Vespa
obsolete constellation names
Apis Phoenicopterus Serpentarius Xiphias Vultur cadens Vultur volans

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Usage

Use {{Constellations|type|mod-state=collapse-state|hist-state=collapse-state}}, with the following parameters:

type

historic: Modern constellations collapsed, historic constellations uncollapsed.
historic-only: Historic constellations autocollapsed.
modern: Modern constellations uncollapsed, historic constellations collapsed.
modern-only: Modern constellations autocollapsed.
default (nothing): Modern & historic constellations autocollapsed.

collapse-state

collapsed: always collapsed
autocollapse: collapsed if there are two or more collapsing tables on the page
(empty string): never collapsed

If for some (rare) reason, any list of constellations need to be updated, the following list of subtemplates will be a guide on where to edit:

list to change	template to edit
current constellation names:	Template:Constellations/modern/modern-list
Ptolemeic constellation names:	Template:Constellations/historic/ptolemaic/ptolemaic-list
In modern time added constellation names:	Template:Constellations/historic/modern/modern-list
obsolete constellation names:	Template:Constellations/historic/obsolete/obsolete-list
renamed constellations list:	Template:Constellations/historic/obsolete/renamed-list

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