*This connecting line is under dispute by astronomers. The constellation of
Reliquum has a somewhat auspicious history—after the rest of the sky
had been partitioned into the officially recognized constellations, Reliquum
was quite literally made up of the stars that were left over. Younger
astronomers have pointed out that Reliquum resembles the number 42; older
astronomers think this is a ridiculous shape for a constellation, because the
number forty-two has no mythical, mystical, or astronomical significance
whatsoever.
Drawing of summer constellations of the northern Covenant—provided courtesy of the Thephian Near-Equatorial Observatory in association with the University of Tierceron. Incomplete constellations at or near the horizon may not appear in this drawing. Used with permission.