1928 Divide the sky?

1928, for the need of astronomical research, the sky was divided into 88 constellation regions.

1928, in order to meet the needs of astronomical research, the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union held in Leiden, the Netherlands, clearly divided the whole sky into 88 constellation areas, divided along the right latitude and right longitude of the celestial equator coordinate system, kept the traditional constellation names, specified their scientific names in Latin, and clearly formed their abbreviation symbols with three capital letters, which were used uniformly all over the world.

Modern 88 constellations:

1928 The International Astronomical Union officially announced 88 constellations commonly used in the world. At the same time, it is based on the vernal equinox and equator of 1875. According to the different positions of 88 constellations on the celestial sphere and the appearance of stars, they are divided into five regions.

That is, there are five polar constellations in the northern sky, 12 constellations on the ecliptic (12 constellations near the ecliptic on the celestial sphere), 10 constellations in the equatorial belt, 42 constellations in the southern sky (-30 ~-90) and 65438+ constellations in the northern sky (.