Editing Astronomical naming conventions (section)

== Constellations ==
{{Main|88 modern constellations}}

The sky was divided into [[constellation]]s by historic astronomers, according to perceived patterns in the sky. At first, only the shapes of the patterns were defined, and the names and numbers of constellations varied from one star map to another. Despite being scientifically meaningless, they do provide useful reference points in the sky for human beings, including astronomers. In 1930, the boundaries of these constellations were fixed by [[Eugène Joseph Delporte]] and adopted by the IAU, so that now every point on the [[celestial sphere]] belongs to a particular constellation.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Constellations |url=https://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations|publisher=International Astronomical Union}}</ref>