Constellations in Bode’s Uranographia –
the sky’s top 100 (and more)
Here is an alphabetical list of all the constellations included in Johann Bode’s immense Uranographia atlas of 1801. Names and spellings are as given in the tables in the catalogue that accompanied the atlas called Allgemeine Beschreibung und Nachweisung der Gestirne. The total number of entries is 102, but In addition Antinous, Cerberus, Lochium Funis, Mons Maenalus, Musca, and Triangulum Minus are listed as sub-constellations – see Note 3 at the end of the table.
Andromeda
Antlia Pneumatica
Apis
Apparatus Chemicus
Apparatus Sculptoris
Apus
Aquarius
Aquila et Antinous
Ara
Argo Navis
Aries et Musca
Auriga
Bootes et Mons Maenalus
Caela Scalptoris
Camelopardalus
Cancer
Canes Venatici
Canis Major
Canis Minor
Capricornus
Cassiopeia
Centaurus
Cepheus
Cetus
Chamaeleon
Circinus
Columba
Coma Berenices
Corona Australis
Corona Borealis
Corvus
Crater
Crux
Custos Messium
Cygnus
Delphinus
Draco
Equuleus
Eridanus
Felis
Gemini
Globus Aerostaticus
Grus
Harpa Georgii
Hercules, Cerberus et Ramus
Honores Friderici
Hydrus
Hydra
Horologium Pendulum
Indus
Lacerta
Leo
Leo Minor
Lepus
Libra
Lupus
Lynx
Machina Electrica
Microscopium
Monoceros
Mons Mensae
Norma et Regula
Nubecula Major
Nubecula Minor
Octans Nautica
Officina Typographica
Ophiuchus
Orion
Pavo
Pegasus
Perseus
Phoenix
Pisces
Piscis Notius
Piscis Volans
Pluteum Pictoris
Pyxis Nautica et Lochium Funis
Quadrans Muralis
Rangifer
Reticulus Rhomboidalis
Robur Caroli II
Sagitta
Sagittarius
Sceptrum Brandenburgicum
Scorpius
Scutum Sobiesii
Serpens
Sextans Uraniae
Taurus
Taurus Poniatovii
Telescopium Herschelii
Toucan
Triangulum Australe
Triangulum Majus et Minus
Tubus Astronomicus
Turdus Solitarius
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Virgo
Vulpecula et Anser
Vultur et Lyra [= Lyra]
Xiphias [= Dorado]
NOTES:
1. Lyra is listed as ‘Vultur et Lyra’ and Dorado is listed as ‘Xiphias’.
2. Nubecula Minor and Nubecula Major, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, are included in the constellation list, although they are not now regarded as constellations.
3. Antinous, Cerberus, Lochium Funis, Mons Maenalus, Musca, and Triangulum Minus are listed as sub-constellations. If these are counted separately, then the total number of constellations on the Uranographia charts comes to 106, discounting the Nubeculae.
