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English: Equirectangular plot of declination vs right ascension of the modern constellations, colour-coded by family and year established, with a dotted line denoting the ecliptic, by CMG Lee. Note that the right ascension axis increases from right to left to approximate the view of the night sky. Constellation boundaries are derived from ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/VI/49/bound_18.dat. (The celestial poles apparently form part of the boundaries of Ursa Minor and Octans on the rectangular map, though the poles are in fact in the interior of their respective constellations.) The Milky Way bitmap is from http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003500/a003572 (low-res magnitude 5 version). Thanks to Timwi for 4-colouring with each quadripoint having all colours.
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Author Cmglee, Timwi, NASA
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current19:20, 30 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 19:20, 30 August 2013512 × 272 (265 KB)CmgleeReverse bitmap lightness and remove subjective labelling of conspicuousness.
18:43, 29 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 18:43, 29 August 2013512 × 272 (264 KB)CmgleeAdd Milky Way bitmap and italicise conspicuous constellations.
19:03, 28 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 19:03, 28 August 2013512 × 272 (92 KB)CmgleeAdd constellation family.
23:23, 27 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 23:23, 27 August 2013512 × 256 (85 KB)CmgleeColour-code by year established.
01:09, 26 August 2013Thumbnail for version as of 01:09, 26 August 2013512 × 256 (47 KB)Cmglee{{Information |Description ={{en|1=Equirectangular plot of declination vs right ascension of constellations with a dotted line denoting the ecliptic. Constellations of the zodiac have bold outline. Note that the right ascension axis increases from r...

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Short title Equirectangular plot of the constellations and ecliptic
Image title Equirectangular plot of declination vs right ascension of the modern constellations, colour-coded by family and year established, with a dotted line denoting the ecliptic, by CMG Lee. Note that the right ascension axis increases from right to left to approximate the view of the night sky. Constellation boundaries are derived from ftp://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/cats/VI/49/bound_18.dat with Ursa Minor's corrected to reach the north celestial pole. The Milky Way bitmap is from http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a003500/a003572 (low-res magnitude 5 version). Thanks to Timwi for 4-colouring with each quadripoint having all colours.
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