How many constellations have scientists officially recognized?

Answer 1

There are 88 Constellations in total. They are:

# Andromeda (The Princess) # Antlia (The Air Pump) # Apus (The Bird of Paradise) # Aquarius (The Water Bearer) # Aquila (The Eagle) # Ara (The Altar) # Aries (The Ram) # Auriga (The Charioteer) # Bootes (The Herdsman) # Caelum (The Sculptor's Chisel) # Camelopardalis (The Giraffe) # Cancer (The Crab) # Canes Venatici (The Hunting Dogs) # Canis Major (The Great Dog) # Canis Minor (The Lesser Dog) # Capricornus (The Sea Goat) # Carina (The Keel of the Ship Argo) # Cassiopeia (The Queen and Wife of Cepheus) # Centaurus (The Centaur) # Cepheus (The King of Ethiopia) # Cetus (The Sea Monster) # Chamaeleon (The Chameleon) # Circinus (The Compasses) # Columba (The Dove) # Coma Berenices (The Hair or Bernice) # Corona Australis (The Southern Crown) # Corona Borealis (The Northern Crown) # Corvus (The Crow) # Crater (The Cup) # Crux (The Southern Cross) # Cygnus (The Swan) # Delphinus (The Dolphin) # Dorado (The Goldfish) # Draco (The Dragon) # Equuleus (The Little Horse) # Eridanus (The River) # Fornax (The Furnace) # Gemini (The Twins) # Grus (The Crane) # Hercules (Hercules the Warrior) # Horologium (The Clock) # Hydra (The Water Serpent) # Hydrus (The Water Snake) # Indus (The American Indian) # Lacerta (The Lizard) # Leo (The Lion) # Leo Minor (The Lion Cub) # Lepus (The Hare) # Libra (The Scales) # Lupus (The Wolf) # Lynx (The Lynx) # Lyra (The Lyre) # Mensa (The Table Mountain) # Microscopium (The Microscope) # Monoceros (The Unicorn) # Musca (The Fly) # Norma (The Carpenter's Square) # Octans (The Octant) # Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer) # Orion (The Hunter) # Pavo (The Peacock) # Pegasus (The Winged Horse) # Perseus (The Hero, rescuer of Andromeda) # Phoenix (The Pheonix) # Pictor (The Painter's Easel) # Pisces (The Fishes) # Piscis Austrinus (The Southern Fish) # Puppis (The Stern of the ship Argo) # Pyxis (The Compass Box) # Reticulum (The Net) # Sagitta (The Arrow) # Sagittarius (The Archer) # Scorpius (The Scorpion) # Sculptor (The Sculptor) # Scutum (The Shield) # Serpens (The Serpent) # Sextans (The Sextant) # Taurus (The Bull) # Telescopium (The Telescope) # Triangulum (The Triangle) # Triangulum Australe (The Southern Triangle) # Tucana (The Toucan) # Ursa Major (The Great Bear) # Ursa Minor (The Little Bear) # Vela (The Sail of the ship Argo) # Virgo (The Virgin) # Volans (The Flying Fish) # Vulpecula (The Fox)

Answer 2

There are 88 constellations, and they take up the entire sky. The only way to make any additional constellations would be to divide up an existing one. This has happened before, so it's not impossible, just unlikely.

Answer 3

• Andromeda
• Cassiopeia
• Cephus
• Coma Berenices (technically, it's named after a person's hair)
• Hercules
• Orion
• Perseus

So that's either 6 or 7, depending on whether you count Berenice's hair or not.

Aquarius, Auriga, Bootes, Gemini, Indus, Ophiucus, Sagittarius and Virgo all are sort of named after "people", but they're named after generic people (the Water-bearer, the Charioteer, the Herdsman, the Twins, the Indian, the Serpent-bearer, the Archer, the Virgin) instead of specific individuals. If you count them, that's an additional 8 (9 if you count both Castor and Pollux, the specific twins that Gemini represents).

Answer 4

There are 13: Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpius, Sagittarius, and (the not so well known) Ophiuchus.

Answer 5

The International Astronomical Union recognizes 88 official constellations.

There are far more "asterisms", or star patterns, that have been named by various cultures.

Answer 6

The Greek astronomer Ptolemy (Claudius Ptomolaeus 90-168 AD) charted 48 of the 88 star groups we know now as constellations.

Answer 7

A constilaton is a group of stars beleived to have a pacific meaning to early people of the wold.

Answer 8

This is a tricky question to answer. The truth is, there are billions of different galaxies out there unexplored. The constellations we know are the only ones with official names or titles.

Answer 9

Their are 88 constellations in the sky.

Answer 10

The Greeks really named quite a few.