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The 88 constellations: area on the sky and stars in the stick figure

Hydra is the largest at 1,303 square degrees, 19 times Crux, the smallest (68). Eridanus has the longest figure, 28 stars; 8 constellations are drawn with just 2 stars.

What does this axis measure?
What does this axis measure?
The 88 constellations: area on the sky and stars in the stick figure: 88 points, a scatter chart.
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Stars in the stick figure (count)
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The data: 88 points
Constellation area (square degrees)Stars in the stick figure (count)
68.454
71.644
79.925
93.353
109.115
109.983
113.944
124.863
127.710
131.593
131.853
138.354
141.356
153.482
165.294
178.717
179.175
183.372
183.86
188.555
200.696
206.333
209.513
220.833
231.964
237.067
238.92
243.045
245.377
246.743
248.883
251.512
255.867
268.172
270.187
282.48
286.485
290.2913
291.053
294.013
294.564
313.522
333.6812
365.519
377.6711
380.1216
386.473
397.52
413.959
441.394
465.192
469.328
474.763
481.5711
494.1815
496.7813
499.6510
505.876
513.7617
538.055
545.398
587.795
594.1221
598.415
61511
636.9316
652.479
657.446
673.437
722.286
756.835
797.2512
803.9810
867.4321
889.4220
906.839
946.969
948.347
979.8515
1,060.4217
1,082.9515
1,120.7914
1,137.9228
1,225.1518
1,231.4119
1,279.6618
1,294.4312
1,302.8425
Source
Stellarium, 'modern' sky culture: the IAU constellation boundaries (Delporte, 1930, as typed by Pierre Barbier) and the stick figures; areas and star counts calculated by Unlabeled; background stars from the HYG database v4.4 after Nadieh Bremer, Visual Cinnamon: Figures in the Sky
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CC-BY-SA 4.0 (Stellarium: "Text and data: CC BY-SA 4.0"; pbarbier.com and HYG: CC BY-SA 4.0)
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2026-11-09
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