In the course of my observations, I sometimes come across groups of stars that are interesting because of their shape. The stars in these asterisms do not have an overall physical relationship like the stars in an open cluster. Still, they are interesting to view. The list below contains asterisms that I have come across that are generally not mentioned in other lists (such as the one available from the Deep Sky Hunters Yahoo Group). All are fairly large and viewable through binoculars or a small telescope.

In viewing the images of the asterisms in the list, the shape is sometimes more easily recognized if you step back a bit from the computer screen to view it.

Positions and magnitudes of stars and estimated sizes of asterisms were extracted from Cartes du Ciel.

Identifier	Asterism Name	Brightest Star	Location1	# Stars	Size2	Image	Notes
maas1	Miku's Shimapan	HD197659  mag. 8.81	Aquarius  20h45m24.1s  -7°44m4.3s	approx. 20	19 × 14		Challenging in 10 × 50 binoculars; Visible in Plate 49 of Ref. [1]; Three brightest stars and nearby star (HD 197577) share similar proper motions.
maas2	Draco Dagger	HD169305  mag. 5.02	Draco  18h21m32.6s  49°7m18.5s	8	38 × 16		Easily seen in 10 × 50 binoculars; Visible in Plate 12 of Ref. [1].
maas3	Stick Man	HD157486  mag. 6.14	Scorpius  17h25m2.7s  -34°41m46.1s	8 to 10	34 × 27		Easily seen in 10 × 50 binoculars; Visible in Plate 64 of Ref. [1]; Brightest 5 stars form "Mr. Q's Lost Sock" in Ref. [2].