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How many constellations of stars are there?

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... are there now? There are 88 official constellations. But astronomers haven't made up new constellations for hundreds of years! When new stars are discovered, they are considered to be a part of whatever constellation they are closest to. This page updated on June 27, 2015. read more

There are 88 modern constellations officially ratified in the 1920's by the International Astronomical Union. The sky is divided up into 88 sections to house them; no part of the sky does not belong to a constellation. read more

Traditional Chinese star maps incorporated 23 new constellations with 125 stars of the southern hemisphere of the sky based on the knowledge of western star charts; with this improvement the Chinese Sky was integrated with the World astronomy. read more

There are 88 official constellations. But astronomers haven't made up new constellations for hundreds of years! read more

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