For this one you can use a number of ways to complete the one challenge. You can spell it out. You can read a book about a cowboy or has a cowboy on the cover to do the constellation Bootes because this image is associated with a herdsman. For the Microscopium Constellation you can read a book with a microscope on the cover or a book with a character that is a scientist. Also if you find books with the name of a character the same as a constellation you can cross that constellation off your list as well. Have fun with this challenge.
Duration: 1 Year.
Example of a Spell-it-out Challenge: For Ara:
A - Across the Universe by Beth Revis R - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan A - Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor
Constellations by Month
January Caelum (The engraver's chisel) Dorado (Dolphinfish/Swordfish) Mensa (Table) Orion (The Hunter) Reticulum (Net/Reticle) Taurus (Bull) February Auriga (Charioteer) Camelopardalis (Giraffe/Camel/Leopard) Canis Major (Greater Dog) Columba (Dove) Gemini (Twins) Lepus (Hare/Rabbit/Bunny) Monoceros (Unicorn) Pictor (Painter/Painter's Easel) March Cancer (Crab) Canis Minor (Smaller Dog/Puppy) Carina (Keel of a Ship) Lynx (Cat) Puppis (Poop Deck of a Ship) Pyxis (Mariner's Compass) Vela (Sails of a Ship) Volans (Flying Fish) April Antlia (Pump) Chamaeleon (Lizard) Crater (Cup) Hydra (Female Water Snake) Leo (Lion) Leo Minor (Smaller Lion/Lion Cub) Sextans (Astronomical Sextant) Ursa Major (Larger Bear/Big Dipper) May Canes Venatici (Hunting Dogs) Centaurus (Centaur-Half man/Half Horse) Coma Berenices (Queen Berenice's Hair) Corvus (Raven/Crow) Crux (Cross) Musca (the Bee/Southern Fly) Virgo (Virgin) June Boötes (herdsman or plowman) Circinus (Compass) Libra (Weighing Scales) Lupus (Wolf) Ursa Minor (Little Bear/Little Dipper/Bear Cub)
July Apus (No Feet/Bird of Paradise) Ara (Altar) Corona Borealis (Northern Crown) Draco (Dragon) Hercules (the abbreviation is Her) Norma (Normal/Right Angle/Rule/Carpenter's square/Level) Ophiuchus (Serpent-bearer) Scorpius (Scorpion) Serpens(Snake) Triangulum Australe(The Southern Triangle) August Corona Austrina (Southern Crown) Lyra (Lyre/Harp) Sagittarius (Archer) Scutum (Shield) Telescopium (Telescope) September Aquila (Eagle) Capricornus (Horned Male Goat/Goat Horn/Sea Goat) Cygnus (Swan) Delphinus (Dolphin) Equuleus (Little Horse/Pony/Foal) Indus (Indian) Microscopium (Microscope) Pavo (Peacock) Sagitta (Arrow) Vulpecula (Fox) October Aquarius (Water-Carrier/Cup-Carrier) Cepheus (King of Aethiopia/King) Grus (Crane) Lacerta (Lizard) Octans (Octan/John Hadley-inventor of octan/Eight) Pegasus (abbreviation Peg) Piscis Austrinus (Southern Fish/Fish) November Andromeda (The Chained Woman/Woman) Cassiopeia (The Seated Queen/Queen/Vain Queen) Phoenix Pisces (Plural for Fish) Sculptor Tucana (Toucan) December Aries (Ram/Abbreviation Ari) Cetus (Sea Monster/Whale/Shark) Eridanus (Po River/River) Fornax (Furnace/Brazier) Horologium (Clock) Hydrus (Male Water Snake) Perseus Triangulum (The Triangle)
Duration: 1 Year.
Example of a Spell-it-out Challenge:
For Ara:
A - Across the Universe by Beth Revis
R - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
A - Arch Enemy by Frank Beddor
Constellations by Month
January
Caelum (The engraver's chisel)
Dorado (Dolphinfish/Swordfish)
Mensa (Table)
Orion (The Hunter)
Reticulum (Net/Reticle)
Taurus (Bull)
February
Auriga (Charioteer)
Camelopardalis (Giraffe/Camel/Leopard)
Canis Major (Greater Dog)
Columba (Dove)
Gemini (Twins)
Lepus (Hare/Rabbit/Bunny)
Monoceros (Unicorn)
Pictor (Painter/Painter's Easel)
March
Cancer (Crab)
Canis Minor (Smaller Dog/Puppy)
Carina (Keel of a Ship)
Lynx (Cat)
Puppis (Poop Deck of a Ship)
Pyxis (Mariner's Compass)
Vela (Sails of a Ship)
Volans (Flying Fish)
April
Antlia (Pump)
Chamaeleon (Lizard)
Crater (Cup)
Hydra (Female Water Snake)
Leo (Lion)
Leo Minor (Smaller Lion/Lion Cub)
Sextans (Astronomical Sextant)
Ursa Major (Larger Bear/Big Dipper)
May
Canes Venatici (Hunting Dogs)
Centaurus (Centaur-Half man/Half Horse)
Coma Berenices (Queen Berenice's Hair)
Corvus (Raven/Crow)
Crux (Cross)
Musca (the Bee/Southern Fly)
Virgo (Virgin)
June
Boötes (herdsman or plowman)
Circinus (Compass)
Libra (Weighing Scales)
Lupus (Wolf)
Ursa Minor (Little Bear/Little Dipper/Bear Cub)
July
Apus (No Feet/Bird of Paradise)
Ara (Altar)
Corona Borealis (Northern Crown)
Draco (Dragon)
Hercules (the abbreviation is Her)
Norma (Normal/Right Angle/Rule/Carpenter's square/Level)
Ophiuchus (Serpent-bearer)
Scorpius (Scorpion)
Serpens(Snake)
Triangulum Australe(The Southern Triangle)
August
Corona Austrina (Southern Crown)
Lyra (Lyre/Harp)
Sagittarius (Archer)
Scutum (Shield)
Telescopium (Telescope)
September
Aquila (Eagle)
Capricornus (Horned Male Goat/Goat Horn/Sea Goat)
Cygnus (Swan)
Delphinus (Dolphin)
Equuleus (Little Horse/Pony/Foal)
Indus (Indian)
Microscopium (Microscope)
Pavo (Peacock)
Sagitta (Arrow)
Vulpecula (Fox)
October
Aquarius (Water-Carrier/Cup-Carrier)
Cepheus (King of Aethiopia/King)
Grus (Crane)
Lacerta (Lizard)
Octans (Octan/John Hadley-inventor of octan/Eight)
Pegasus (abbreviation Peg)
Piscis Austrinus (Southern Fish/Fish)
November
Andromeda (The Chained Woman/Woman)
Cassiopeia (The Seated Queen/Queen/Vain Queen)
Phoenix
Pisces (Plural for Fish)
Sculptor
Tucana (Toucan)
December
Aries (Ram/Abbreviation Ari)
Cetus (Sea Monster/Whale/Shark)
Eridanus (Po River/River)
Fornax (Furnace/Brazier)
Horologium (Clock)
Hydrus (Male Water Snake)
Perseus
Triangulum (The Triangle)