Equatorial Constellations

IAU NameEnglish NameSeasonCulm@MnDec NDec SDSO
Aquarius (Aqr)Water BearerJF...JJASOND29 August+3.3°-24.9°7
Aquila (Aql)EagleJ.MAMJJASOND16 July+18.7°-11.9°21
Canis Minor (CMi)Lesser DogJFMAM...SOND13 January+13.2°-0.4°3
Cetus (Cet)Sea MonsterJFM...JASOND19 October+10.5°-24.9°12
Eridanus (Eri)RiverJFM.....SOND25 November+0.4°-57.9°2
Hydra (Hya)Female Water SnakeJFMAM.....ND22 February+6.6°-35.7°11
Leo (Leo)LionJFMAMJJ..OND28 February+33.0°-6.7°17
Monoceros (Mon)UnicornJFMAM...SOND3 January+11.9°-11.4°19
Ophiuchus (Oph)Serpent Bearer.FMAMJJASOND10 June+14.4°-30.2°37
Orion (Ori)HunterJFMA....SOND16 December+22.9°-11.0°26
Pisces (Psc)FishesJFM..JJASOND6 October+33.7°-6.3°7
Serpens (Ser)SerpentJFMAMJJASON.19 May+25.7°-16.1°9
Sextans (Sex)SextantJFMAMJ....ND20 February+6.4°-11.7°5
Taurus (Tau)BullJFMA...ASOND30 November+31.1°-1.3°13
Virgo (Vir)MaidenJFMAMJJA...D12 April+14.4°-22.7°36

Legend: Season = The constellation is visible from the current geographic location in that month and the centre of the Sun is at least 18° below the horizon ("." = not visible, JFMAMJJASOND = months). Culm@Mn = Culmination at local midnight. The approximate centre of the constellation and the Sun re on the opposite side of the sky, which means it is at its highest point in the sky at local midnight, when the Sun is lowest below the horizon. Dec N = Northern extent of the IAU constellation boundaries (J2000.0). Dec S = Southern extent of the IAU constellation boundaries (J2000.0). DSO = Number of pages with described deep-sky objects.