Today, astronomers officially recognize 88 constellations, dividing up the entire night sky. Learning a few of the big ones first makes it way easier to find other stars and deep-space objects.

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The shapes we draw may vary, but the borders of the constellations are fixed. In 1930, astronomers divided the sky into 88 constellations, giving each a Latin name. Before this time, there was no ...