All IAU designated constellations (alphabetically)

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Hint	Answer
Princess chained to a rock as monster bait	Andromeda
Boyle's invention; Lacaille's air-moving machine	Antlia
Paradise bird of the deep southern sky	Apus
Jar-pouring figure; lends its name to an Age	Aquarius
Zeus's messenger bird; home of Altair	Aquila
Where gods swore oaths before battling the Titans	Ara
Spring's first zodiacal sign; a woolly climber	Aries
Reins-holder in the sky; home of bright Capella	Auriga
Herdsman containing the fourth-brightest star, Arcturus	Boötes
A carver's small blade; one of the sky's faintest	Caelum
Spotty, long-necked African animal; huge but faint	Camelopardalis
Sign of the summer solstice; a sideways walker	Cancer
Two hounds on a leash held by the herdsman	Canes Venatici
Home of Sirius, the night sky's brightest star	Canis Major
Home of Procyon; the lesser hound	Canis Minor
Mythical beast: goat above, fish below	Capricornus
Jason's ship's underside; home of Canopus	Carina
W-shaped queen punished for her vanity	Cassiopeia
Half-man, half-horse; hosts the nearest star to Earth	Centaurus
Ethiopian king; Cassiopeia's husband	Cepheus
Monster Andromeda was chained to face	Cetus
Color-changing reptile of the deep south	Chamaeleon
Draftsman's V-shaped drawing tool	Circinus
The bird Noah sent to find dry land	Columba
An Egyptian queen sacrificed her locks for this	Coma Berenices
Southern jewelled circle; smaller than its twin	Corona Australis
Ariadne's wedding crown; northern semicircle of stars	Corona Borealis
Apollo's tattletale bird; perches on a serpent	Corvus
Goblet perched on a serpent's back	Crater
Smallest constellation; on Australia's flag	Crux
Northern Cross disguised as a swan	Cygnus
Tiny jumper nicknamed Job's Coffin	Delphinus
Swordfish hosting the Large Magellanic Cloud	Dorado
Fire-breather coiled around the north pole	Draco
Second smallest constellation; a foal	Equuleus
Long river flowing from a hunter's foot southward	Eridanus
A chemist's heat source; named by Lacaille	Fornax
Castor and Pollux's celestial address	Gemini
Long-legged wading bird of the southern sky	Grus
Twelve labors; not the one who slew Medusa	Hercules
Ticks on a mantelpiece; Lacaille's timekeeper	Horologium
Largest constellation; many-headed beast of myth	Hydra
Smaller southern cousin of the many-headed beast	Hydrus
Figure representing a native of the subcontinent	Indus

Hint	Answer
Small, scaly, quick-tongued reptile of the north	Lacerta
Simba's starry kingdom	Leo
Faint cub lurking north of the lion	Leo Minor
Prey crouching beneath the hunter's feet	Lepus
Only inanimate sign of the zodiac	Libra
Wild predator prowling beside the centaur	Lupus
So faint its namer said only sharp eyes could see it	Lynx
Orpheus's instrument; home of Vega	Lyra
Named after a flat-topped South African mountain	Mensa
Makes tiny things visible; Lacaille's lab instrument	Microscopium
Single-horned beast between two hounds	Monoceros
Buzzing insect near the southern cross	Musca
Right-angle tool of a carpenter	Norma
Eight-sided instrument; marks the south celestial pole	Octans
Snake-wrestler; the 13th constellation on the ecliptic	Ophiuchus
Belt of three stars; pursued by a scorpion	Orion
Hera's jewel-feathered bird	Pavo
Bellerophon's winged ride; Great Square in the sky	Pegasus
He used a Gorgon's severed head as a weapon	Perseus
Rises from its own ashes; southern sky	Phoenix
An artist's three-legged support, set in stars	Pictor
Last sign of the zodiac; always comes in a pair	Pisces
Southern fish; home of bright Fomalhaut	Piscis Austrinus
The rear end of Jason's famous ship	Puppis
A ship's direction-finder; not a sextant	Pyxis
Crosshair in a telescope eyepiece	Reticulum
Projectile without its launcher; ancient and tiny	Sagitta
Centaur drawing a bow; points toward galactic center	Sagittarius
Orion's nemesis; IAU name, not the astrological one	Scorpius
An artist's studio in the southern sky	Sculptor
Polish king Sobieski's battle shield	Scutum
Only constellation officially split into two halves	Serpens
Navigator's angle-measuring instrument	Sextans
Ferdinand's celestial home; the Pleiades live here	Taurus
Lacaille's stargazing tool, now immortalized in stars	Telescopium
Three stars, three sides, no mythology required	Triangulum
Southern version of a three-sided figure	Triangulum Australe
Rainbow-billed bird; hosts the Small Magellanic Cloud	Tucana
Big Dipper's parent; the great she-bear	Ursa Major
Little Dipper's parent; Polaris at its tip	Ursa Minor
What wind fills on Jason's ship	Vela
Largest zodiacal constellation; the harvest goddess	Virgo
Airborne fish of the southern sky	Volans
Sly creature between the eagle and the swan	Vulpecula

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