Constellation Anagrams Trivia Quiz

Answer: Libra

Libra the balancing scale is a constellation where the Sun is located on Halloween. So bring a brail and go fishing!

Answer: Carina

Carina the keel is one of the three constellations that was part of Argo Navis, which was the largest constellation in the sky before it was split. Carina contains the sky's second brightest star, Canopus. The constellation and its brightest star never rises for observers located between 40°N and the north pole.

Answer: Mensa

Mensa the table mountain is a constellation too faint and paltry to describe in much detail. The constellation is located so far south that it can never be seen from north of 20°N latitude.

Answer: Eridanus

Eridanus the river is a constellation that spans roughly from a fraction of a degree north of the equator down to almost −60°. It looks like a lake narrowing into a river as we go down the celestial map. The constellation's brightest star, Achernar, is near the southernmost boundary.

Answer: Leo

Leo the lion is a zodiac constellation and the sun crosses it during the latter half of northern summer. Leo's luminary is Regulus, which is best seen during the winter in the northern hemisphere or summer in the southern.

Answer: Lacerta

Lacerta the lizard is sandwiched between Andromeda and Cygnus.

Answer: Crater

Crater the cup is so faint that it is not visible from any metropolis.

Answer: Lyra

Lyra the lyre contains the northern hemisphere's second brightest star Vega, which forms the Summer Triangle with Deneb and Altair.

Answer: Vela

Vela the sails was part of the then-largest constellation Argo Navis before it was split into three fragment constellations - Vela, Carina, and Puppis.

Answer: Caelum

The whole constellation of Caelum the chisel is only visible south of where I live at 41.57°N. Don't try to chisel off any macules on your skin!

Answer: Pictor

Pictor the painter's easel is located between the declinations of −42.79° and −64.15°, which is well south of the Tropic of Capricorn at −23.44°.

Answer: Norma

Norma the carpenter's square or the normal is a small constellation in the mid-southern hemisphere. It is more than normal that the whole constellation of Norma can never clear the horizon in Rome and was never recognized during Roman times.

Answer: Octans

Octans the octant is the south circumpolar constellation, in which the south celestial pole is located. The northernmost edge is around −74°.

Answer: Volans

Volans the flying fish is a faint constellation too far south to be seen from Slovakia or anywhere north of 26°N. Its name was originally Piscis Volans.

Answer: Lepus

Lepus the hare is located immediately south of Orion and to the west of the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius.