Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Constellations task force

Constellations Task Force is an effort to fix the constellations articles, so that they look navigable, intriguing and fit for amateur astronomy – the one community that actually uses the constellations. You're welcome to edit here, or discuss on the talk page.

Purpose
I started this project because the constellations looked so sprawling. There's no uniform philosophy behind the constellation articles, there certainly were many philosophies overlaid by new philosophies on philosophies, making an unpleasant mess, rather than order. My intention is to streamline the constellations, so that they are delectable for self-learning. Imagine a boy or girl in the lower teenages, using binoculars and owning a telescope or so, but needing some observation guides. That's my proposal for primary public, whereas the grownup and professional counterparts (which includes advanced amateurs) also can "profit" from reading the constellation pages, but more as link sets to listings of interest. Rursus 15:15, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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WikiProject Task Force for Constellations assessments
This task force assesses the constellations according to three measures: structure, correctness and completeness. Since this is less about the contents, than the structure completeness and the map and facts correctness, the requirements for making good points for this task force is much less than a proper quality assessment.

Structure
'''STUBBY! Feel free to define criteria here!'''

In the long run all constellations should contain the same thing in a similar order as applicable to that constellation (mythologies of deLacaille constellations are by nature short and not very mythical – although not nonexistent). The general structure is yet to be determined. Said: Rursus 14:08, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Correctness
Correctness criteria:
 * A. Per table below: star map/star box OK (2.a.), primary myth text conventional (4.), correct inventor and invention time (5.).
 * B. Otherwise no obvious factual error.

The assessment levels for this correctness are:
 * 1. checked but not fulfilling A.
 * 2. fulfilling A. but not B.
 * 3. fulfilling A. and B. and therefore "correct".

Completeness
'''STUBBY! Feel free to define criteria here!'''

Constellations Fix – 2007 Raid
In order to do this, they must be revised according to the following criteria:

Templates
All Task Force Templates documented here.

Constellation Review
It seems more and more unsecure whether some of the "former constellations" ever were regarded as autonomous. Such cases are Asterion and Chara in Canes Venatici, Linum Piscium, Piscis Borealis and Piscis Australis in Pisces. One shouldn't confuse independent constellations with asterisms within constellations that were referred to when describing stars and comet positions within a constellation.

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 * Navigation: WikiProject Constellations/Bordering constellations

To be inserted

 * Caput Medusae
 * Gladii Electorales Saxonici
 * Pluteum (Brustwehr)
 * Pomum Imperiale
 * Quadratum
 * Rosa (constellation)
 * Sudarium Veronicae
 * Telescopium Herschelii Minor

Audited content

 * Andromeda (constellation)
 * Antlia
 * Apus
 * Aries (constellation)
 * Auriga (constellation)
 * Caelum
 * Canis Major
 * Canis Minor
 * Circinus
 * Corona Australis
 * Corona Borealis
 * Corvus (constellation)
 * Crater (constellation)
 * Grus (constellation)
 * Horologium (constellation)
 * Hydrus
 * Leo Minor
 * Lynx (constellation)
 * Mensa (constellation)
 * Microscopium
 * Musca
 * Norma (constellation)
 * Pavo (constellation)
 * Perseus (constellation)
 * Phoenix (constellation)
 * Pictor
 * Pyxis
 * Sagitta
 * Serpens
 * Telescopium
 * Triangulum
 * Triangulum Australe
 * Tucana
 * Ursa Minor


 * Coma Berenices
 * Taurus (constellation)


 * Leo (constellation)

Other dependent articles

 * Rudolphine Tables
 * Star cartography
 * Uranography - Talk:Uranography
 * atlascoelestis.com: Elenco delle 88 costellazioni ufficiali ratificate da Delporte 1922-1930 - current constellations.
 * Le costellazioni scomparse dal cielo - former constellations, f.ex. who knew about Cancer Minor?, or the constellations the Tyrants!!
 * Hyginus at Online Text: Hyginus, Astronomia translated by Mary Grant
 * Aratus at Online text: Aratus, Phaenomena translated by G. R. Mair, 1921
 * And the rest of the Theoi project: katasterismoi.

Inventor articles

 * Antiquity: Claudius Ptolemæus
 * c:a 1600: Tycho Brahe (Com?, Aql/2?) - professional (sort of)
 * c:a 1600: Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser, Frederick de Houtman, Petrus Plancius (Aps, Dor, Gru, Hyi, Ind, Mus, Pav, Phe, Tuc, Vol) - professionals
 * c:a 1600: Petrus Plancius (Ari/2??, Cam?, Mon?, Pup/0?, Col?, Oct/0, Vul/0) - professional (mapmaker for navigation)
 * c:a 1625: Jacob Bartsch (Cam?, Mon?, Pup/0?) - professional (astrologer in Kepler family)
 * Augustin Royer - ???
 * c:a 1690: Johannes Hevelius (Boo/2, CVn, Her/2, Lac, LMi, Lyn, Sct, Sex, Tri/2, Vul) - amateur (rich merchant)
 * Gottfried Kirch (And/2, Eri/3) - professional (instrument maker)
 * Charles Scarborough (CVn/3) - amateur (scientist)
 * Edmond Halley (Arg/3) - professional (scientist, incl. astronomer)
 * Maximilian Hell (Aur/2, Eri/2) - professional (astronomer)
 * Johann Elert Bode (Scl/2, Pup/2) - professional (astronomer)
 * Jérôme Lalande (Cas/2, Boo/3, PsA/2, Hya/2) - professional (astronomer)
 * Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (Ant, Cae, Car, Cir, For, Men, Mic, Nor, Oct, Pic, Pup, Pyx, Pyx/2, Ret, Scl, Tel, Vel) - professional (astronomer)

New Modern Addition Template
This is no template, until we wish to replace Template:Navconstel-modern-closed with the following content. Until then - feel free to improve!!