| OPHIUCHUS | Large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius (9) |
| SEXTANS | Faint constellation lying on the celestial equator between Leo and Hydra |
| HERCULES | Large constellation lying between Lyra and Corona Borealis (8) |
| ARA | The Altar, a southern constellation between Triangulum Australe and Scorpius |
| MONOCEROS | Faint constellation on the celestial equator crossed by the Milky Way and lying close to Orion and Canis Major |
| ORION | Large constellation on the celestial equator containing the first magnitude stars Betelgeuse and Rigel (5) |
| ANDROMEDA | Large constellation of the northern hemisphere between Cassiopeia and Pegasus; brightest star, Alpheratz (9) |
| CETUS | Constellation on the celestial equator near Pisces and Aquarius (5) |
| VIRGO | Second-largest of the constellations, on the celestial equator south of Hydra (5) |
| AQUILA | Constellation on the celestial equator (6) |
| ECLIPTIC | Great circle on the celestial sphere representing the apparent path of the sun, inclined at approximately 23.45degrees to the celestial equator (8) |
| EQUINOX | In astronomy, a point on the celestial sphere at which the ecliptic intersects the celestial equator |
| AFRICA | Second largest of the present-day continents, covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of Earth. It straddles the Equator between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. (6) |
| HA | (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing. |
| SOLSTICE | Name either of the two times in the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator (8) |
| TROPIC | Either of two circles of the globe parallel to, and north and south of, the celestial equator (6) |
| HYDRA | Largest of the constellations, in the southern hemisphere near the celestial equator (5) |
| DORADO | Constellation lying between Pictor and Reticulum which contains part of the Large Magellanic cloud (6) |
| MUSCA | Small southern constellation lying in the Milky Way between Crux and Chamaeleon; the Fly (5) |
| ARGO | Formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross. |
