for the astronuts:

ANDROMEDA (And, ANDROMEDAE): daughter of Cassiopeia
ANTLIA (Ant, ANTLIAE): pump
APUS (Aps, APODIS): bird of paradise
AQUARIUS (Aqr, AQUARII): water carrier
AQUILA (Aql, AQUILAE): eagle
ARA (Ara, ARAE): altar
ARIES (Ari, ARIETIS): ram
AURIGA (Aur, AURIGAE): charioteer
BOOTES (Boo, BOOTIS): oxherd
CAELUM (Cae, CAELI): graving tool
CAMELOPARDALIS (Cam, CAMELOPARDALIS): giraffe
CANCER (Cnc, CANCRI): crab
CANES VENATICI (CVn, CANUM VENATICORUM): hunting dogs
CANIS MAJOR (CMa, CANIS MAJORIS): greater dog
CANIS MINOR (CMi, CANIS MINORIS): lesser dog
CAPRICORNUS (Cap, CAPRICORNI): horned goat
CARINA (Car, CARINAE): keel of the Argo
CASSIOPEIA (Cas, CASSIOPEIAE): wife of Cepheus
CENTAURUS (Cen, CENTAURI): centaur
CEPHEUS (Cep, CEPHEI): king of Ethiopia or Joppa
CETUS (Cet, CETI): reptile menacing Andromeda
CHAMAELEON (Cha, CHAMAELEONTIS): chamaeleon
CIRCINUS (Cir, CIRCINI): a pair of compasses
COLUMBA (Col, COLUMBAE): dove
COMA BERENICES (Com, COMAE BERENICES): Bernice's lock of hair
CORONA AUSTRALIS (CrA, CORONAE AUSTRALIS): southern crown
CORONA BOREALIS (CrB, CORONAE BOREALIS): northern crown
CORVUS (Crv, CORVI): crow
CRATER (Crt, CRATERIS): cup
CRUX (Cru, CRUCIS): cross
CYGNUS (Cyg, CYGNI): swan
DELPHINUS (Del, DELPHINI): dolphin
DORADO (Dor, DORADUS): goldfish
DRACO (Dra, DRACONIS): dragon
EQUULEUS (Equ, EQUULEI): little horse
ERIDANUS (Eri, ERIDANI): river
FORNAX (For, FORNACIS): furnace
GEMINI (Gem, GEMINORIUM): twins, Castor and Pollux
GRUS (Gru, GRUIS): crane
HERCULES (Her, HERCULIS): Heracles, the hero
HOROLOGIUM (Hor, HOROLOGII): clock
HYDRA (Hya, HYDRAE): water serpent (female)
HYDRUS (Hyi, HYDRI): water serpent (male)
INDUS (Ind, INDI): (American) Indian
LACERTA (Lac, LACERTAE): lizard
LEO (Leo, LEONIS): lion
LEO MINOR (LMi, LEONIS MINORIS): lesser lion
LEPUS (Lep, LEPORIS): hare
LIBRA (Lib, LIBRAE): scales (weighing)
LUPUS (Lup, LUPI): wolf
LYNX (Lyn, LYNX): lynx
LYRA (Lyr, LYRAE): lyre
MENSA (Men, MENSAE): table (mountain)
MICROSCOPIUM (Mic, MICROSCOPII): microscope
MONOCEROS (Mon, MONOCEROTIS): unicorn
MUSCA (Mus, MUSCAE): fly
NORMA (Nor, NORMAE): carpenter's level
OCTANS (Oct, OCTANTIS): octant
OPHIUCHUS (Oph, OPHIUCHI): snake holder
ORION (Ori, ORIONIS): hunter
PAVO (Pav, PAVONIS): peacock
PEGASUS (Peg, PEGASI): winged horse
PERSEUS (Per, PERSEI): rescuer of Andromeda
PHOENIX (Phe, PHOENICIS): phoenix
PICTOR (Pic, PICTORIS): painter (originally his easel)
PISCES (Psc, PISCIUM): fish
PISCIS AUSTRINUS (PsA, PISCIS AUSTRINI): southern fish
PUPPIS (Pup, PUPPIS): poop deck of the Argo
PYXIS (Pyx, PYXIDIS): box, or compass, of the Argo
RETICULUM (Ret, RETICULI): net (optical instrument)
SAGITTA (Sge, SAGITTAE): arrow
SAGITTARIUS (Sgr, SAGITTARII): archer
SCORPIUS (Sco, SCORPII): scorpion
SCULPTOR (Scl, SCULPTORIS): sculptor (originally his studio)
SCUTUM (Sct, SCUTI): shield
SERPENS (Ser, SERPENTIS): snake
SEXTANS (Sex, SEXTANTIS): sextant
TAURUS (Tau, TAURI): bull
TELESCOPIUM (Tel, TELESCOPII): telescope
TRIANGULUM (Tri, TRIANGULI): triangle
TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE (TrA, TRIANGULI AUSTRALIS): southern triangle
TUCANA (Tuc, TUCANAE): toucan
URSA MAJOR (UMa, URSAE MAJORIS): greater bear
URSA MINOR (UMi, URSAE MINORIS): lesser bear
VELA (Vel, VELORUM): sails of the Argo
VIRGO (Vir, VIRGINIS): virgin
VOLANS (Vol, VOLANTIS): flying fish
VULPECULA (Vul, VULPECULAE): little fox

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