Constellation Names

The Exoplanet Archive's Inventory Search (a.k.a. Explore the Archive) recognizes the abbreviated constellation names listed in the table below. You may have been directed to this page after entering an unrecognized constellation name. Please consult the following table to find the correct abbreviation and resubmit your search.

Note: The system is case-insensitive, e.g., "Cap" is the same as "cap."

Abbreviation Constellation Names
And ANDROMEDA, ANDROMEDAE
Ant ANTLIA, ANTLIAE
Aps APUS, APODIS
Aqr AQUARIUS, AQUARII
Aql AQUILA, AQUILAE
Ara ARA, ARAE
Ari ARIES, ARIETIS
Aur AURIGA, AURIGAE
Boo BOOTES, BOOTIS
Cae CAELUM, CAELI
Cam CAMELOPARDALIS, CAMELOPARDALIS
Cnc CANCER, CANCRI
CVn CANES VENATICI, CANUM VENATICORUM
CMa CANIS MAJOR, CANIS MAJORIS
CMi CANIS MINOR, CANIS MINORIS
Cap CAPRICORNUS, CAPRICORNI
Car CARINA, CARINAE
Cas CASSIOPEIA, CASSIOPEIAE
Cen CENTAURUS, CENTAURI
Cep CEPHEUS, CEPHEI
Cet CETUS, CETI
Cha CHAMAELEON, CHAMAELEONTIS
Cir CIRCINUS, CIRCINI
Col COLUMBA, COLUMBAE
Com COMA BERENICES, COMAE BERENICES
CrA CORONA AUSTRALIS, CORONAE AUSTRALIS
CrB CORONA BOREALIS, CORONAE BOREALIS
Crv CORVUS, CORVI
Crt CRATER, CRATERIS
Cru CRUX, CRUCIS
Cyg CYGNUS, CYGNI
Del DELPHINUS, DELPHINI
Dor DORADO, DORADUS
Dra DRACO, DRACONIS
Equ EQUULEUS, EQUULEI
Eri ERIDANUS, ERIDANI
For FORNAX, FORNACIS
Gem GEMINI, GEMINORIUM
Gru GRUS, GRUIS
Her HERCULES, HERCULIS
Hor HOROLOGIUM, HOROLOGII
Hya HYDRA, HYDRAE
Hyi HYDRUS, HYDRI
Ind INDUS, INDI
Lac LACERTA, LACERTAE
Leo LEO, LEONIS
LMi LEO MINOR, LEONIS MINORIS
Lep LEPUS, LEPORIS
Lib LIBRA, LIBRAE
Lup LUPUS, LUPI
Lyn LYNX, LYNX
Lyr LYRA, LYRAE
Men MENSA, MENSAE
Mic MICROSCOPIUM, MICROSCOPII
Mon MONOCEROS, MONOCEROTIS
Mus MUSCA, MUSCAE
Nor NORMA, NORMAE
Oct OCTANS, OCTANTIS
Oph OPHIUCHUS, OPHIUCHI
Ori ORION, ORIONIS
Pav PAVO, PAVONIS
Peg PEGASUS, PEGASI
Per PERSEUS, PERSEI
Phe PHOENIX, PHOENICIS
Pic PICTOR, PICTORIS
Psc PISCES, PISCIUM
PsA PISCIS AUSTRINUS, PISCIS AUSTRINI
Pup PUPPIS, PUPPIS
Pyx PYXIS, PYXIDIS
Ret RETICULUM, RETICULI
Sge SAGITTA, SAGITTAE
Sgr SAGITTARIUS, SAGITTARII
Sco SCORPIUS, SCORPII
Scl SCULPTOR, SCULPTORIS
Sct SCUTUM, SCUTI
Ser SERPENS, SERPENTIS
Sex SEXTANS, SEXTANTIS
Tau TAURUS, TAURI
Tel TELESCOPIUM, TELESCOPII
Tri TRIANGULUM, TRIANGULI
TrA TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE, TRIANGULI AUSTRALIS
Tuc TUCANA, TUCANAE
UMa URSA MAJOR, URSAE MAJORIS
UMi URSA MINOR, URSAE MINORIS
Vel VELA, VELORUM
Vir VIRGO, VIRGINIS
Vol VOLANS, VOLANTIS
Vul VULPECULA, VULPECULAE

Last updated: 3 October 2013