| OPHIUCHUS | Large constellation on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius; the Serpent Bearer (9) |
| SEXTANS | Faint constellation lying on the celestial equator between Leo and Hydra |
| ORION | Large constellation on the celestial equator containing the first magnitude stars Betelgeuse and Rigel (5) |
| OCHIUCHUS | Located north-west of the Milky Way, the "serpent bearer" constellation known as the 13th sign of the zodiac (9) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| URSAMAJOR | Constellation on Alaska's flag |
| LACERTA | Small northern constellation on the edge of the Milky Way between Cygnus and Andromeda; the Lizard (7) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| NORMA | Constellation on the Southern hemisphere crossed by the Milky Way (5) |
| HA | (astronomy) The angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing. |
| TROPIC | Either of two circles of the globe parallel to, and north and south of, the celestial equator (6) |
| TRADE | A --- wind is one which blows obliquely towards the equator between latitudes 30 degrees N and S (5) |
| SOLSTICE | Name either of the two times in the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator (8) |
| HYDRA | Largest of the constellations, in the southern hemisphere near the celestial equator (5) |
