Asterisms

Uranologists take note, these ain't your dad's constellations. These asterisms are either obsolete, proposed but never caught on, or just didn't make it to the official 88.

Is it overkill to make up astrological symbols for constellations that don't even exist? You decide.


Anser
Antinous
Apes
Argo Navis
Asterion
Cancer Minor
Cerberus
Chara
Custos
Custos Messium
Felis
Frederici Honores/Gloria Frederici
Gallus
Globus Aerostaticus
Job's Coffin
Jordanus
Lilium
Lochium
Funis
Machina Electrica
Malus
Mons Maenalus
Musca Borealis
Noctua
Officina Typographica
Polophylax
Psalterium Georgianum/Harpa Georgii
Quadrans Muralis
Ramus Pomifer
Robur Carolinum
Sceptrum Brandenburgicum
Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae
Solarium
Rangifer/Tarandus
Taurus Poniatovii
Telescopium Herschelii/Tubus Hershelli Major
Testudo
Tigris
Triangulum Minus
Turdus Solitarius
Vespa
Vultur Cadens
Vultur Volans
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