Crux, a.k.a The Southern Cross, is the smallest constellation in the night sky. It occupies an area of only 68 square degrees.
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The constellation has a total of 281 stars in the area defined by the constellation boundary of which only 11 are main stars.
Aquila: The eagle of Zeus. The constellation is also known as the "summer triangle"
Probably the nearest would be Lepus, the Hare. There is no bunny constellation.
A meteor shower gets its name from the constellation it appears to emanate from. The meteors of course do not originate in the constellation.
No. For the Sun to be "in" one of the constellations means that the constellation is BEHIND the Sun, and so invisible. Any constellation is, on average, visible for 9 months of the year, with the 3 months of non-visibility being centered on that constellation.