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Sceptrum Brandenburgicum, the Brandenburg scepter:
A modern constellation created in 1688 by the Prussian astronomer Gottfried Kirsch from dim stars found between Eridanus, the river, and Lepus, the Hare.
Sceptrum Brandenburgicum on Johann Bode's Uranographia star atlas of 1801.
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Azha (Eta Eri)
ACAMAR (Theta 1 Eri)
Beid (Omicron 1 Eri)
Keid (Omicron 2 Eri)
Angetenar (Tau 2 Eri)
Theemim (Upsilon 2 Eri)
Sceptrum (53 Eri)
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Acamar (θ 1Eri), Achernar (α Eri), Angetenar (τ 2 Eri), Azha (η Eri), Beid (ο 1 Eri), Cursa (β Eri), Keid (ο 2 Eri), Rana (δ Eri), Sceptrum (53 Eri) Theemim (υ 2 Eri), Zaurak (γ Eri), ...
Before Johannes Hevelius adopted the name Lacerta several other names had proposed for this part of the sky, among them Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae (= Sceptre and the hand of Justice) and Frederick's Honors.
 See also: Eridanus, Constellation, Atlas, Star, Year
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