Ramus Pomifer

Ramus Pomifer (Latin for apple branch) was a constellation located between Hercules and Lyra.

It was depicted in the form of three serpents wrapped around a branch held in Hercules' left hand.

The 88 modern constellations
  • Andromeda
  • Antlia
  • Apus
  • Aquarius
  • Aquila
  • Ara
  • Aries
  • Auriga
  • Boötes
  • Caelum
  • Camelopardalis
  • Cancer
  • Canes Venatici
  • Canis Major
  • Canis Minor
  • Capricornus
  • Carina
  • Cassiopeia
  • Centaurus
  • Cepheus
  • Cetus
  • Chamaeleon
  • Circinus
  • Columba
  • Coma Berenices
  • Corona Australis
  • Corona Borealis
  • Corvus
  • Crater
  • Crux
  • Cygnus
  • Delphinus
  • Dorado
  • Draco
  • Equuleus
  • Eridanus
  • Fornax
  • Gemini
  • Grus
  • Hercules
  • Horologium
  • Hydra
  • Hydrus
  • Indus
  • Lacerta
  • Leo
  • Leo Minor
  • Lepus
  • Libra
  • Lupus
  • Lynx
  • Lyra
  • Mensa
  • Microscopium
  • Monoceros
  • Musca
  • Norma
  • Octans
  • Ophiuchus
  • Orion
  • Pavo
  • Pegasus
  • Perseus
  • Phoenix
  • Pictor
  • Pisces
  • Piscis Austrinus
  • Puppis
  • Pyxis
  • Reticulum
  • Sagitta
  • Sagittarius
  • Scorpius
  • Sculptor
  • Scutum
  • Serpens
  • Sextans
  • Taurus
  • Telescopium
  • Triangulum
  • Triangulum Australe
  • Tucana
  • Ursa Major
  • Ursa Minor
  • Vela
  • Virgo
  • Volans
  • Vulpecula
  • List of constellations
Constellation history
The 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy after 150 AD
  • Andromeda
  • Aquarius
  • Aquila
  • Ara
  • Argo Navis
  • Aries
  • Auriga
  • Boötes
  • Cancer
  • Canis Major
  • Canis Minor
  • Capricornus
  • Cassiopeia
  • Centaurus
  • Cepheus
  • Cetus
  • Corona Australis
  • Corona Borealis
  • Corvus
  • Crater
  • Cygnus
  • Delphinus
  • Draco
  • Equuleus
  • Eridanus
  • Gemini
  • Hercules
  • Hydra
  • Leo
  • Lepus
  • Libra
  • Lupus
  • Lyra
  • Ophiuchus
  • Orion
  • Pegasus
  • Perseus
  • Pisces
  • Piscis Austrinus
  • Sagitta
  • Sagittarius
  • Scorpius
  • Serpens
  • Taurus
  • Triangulum
  • Ursa Major
  • Ursa Minor
  • Virgo
The 41 additional constellations added in the 16th and 17th centuries
  • Vespucci or Corsalius early 16c: Crux
  • Triangulum Australe
  • Vopel 1536: Coma Berenices
  • Keyser & de Houtman 1596: Apus
  • Chamaeleon
  • Dorado
  • Grus
  • Hydrus
  • Indus
  • Musca
  • Pavo
  • Phoenix
  • Tucana
  • Volans
  • Plancius 1613: Camelopardalis
  • Columba
  • Monoceros
  • Habrecht 1621: Reticulum
  • Hevelius 1683: Canes Venatici
  • Lacerta
  • Leo Minor
  • Lynx
  • Scutum
  • Sextans
  • Vulpecula
  • de Lacaille 1763: Antlia
  • Caelum
  • Carina
  • Circinus
  • Fornax
  • Horologium
  • Mensa
  • Microscopium
  • Norma
  • Octans
  • Pictor
  • Puppis
  • Pyxis
  • Sculptor
  • Telescopium
  • Vela
Obsolete constellations (including Ptolemy's Argo Navis)
  • Anser
  • Antinous
  • Argo Navis
  • Asterion
  • Cancer Minor
  • Cerberus
  • Chara
  • Custos Messium
  • Felis
  • Frederici Honores/Gloria Frederici
  • Gallus
  • Globus Aerostaticus
  • Jordanus
  • Lochium Funis
  • Machina Electrica
  • Malus
  • Mons Maenalus
  • Musca Borealis
  • Noctua
  • Officina Typographica
  • Polophylax
  • Psalterium Georgianum/Harpa Georgii
  • Quadrans Muralis
  • Ramus Pomifer
  • Robur Carolinum
  • Sceptrum Brandenburgicum
  • Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae
  • Solarium
  • Rangifer/Tarandus
  • Taurus Poniatovii
  • Telescopium Herschelii
  • Testudo
  • Tigris
  • Triangulum Minus
  • Turdus Solitarius
  • Vespa
  • Vultur cadens
  • Vultur volans
  • obsolete constellation names
  • Apis
  • Phoenicopterus
  • Serpentarius
  • Xiphias