Antlia

Antlia star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Lacaille in the 1750s.

Etymology and History

Lacaille on Antlia 1752

Origin of Constellation

Various types of historical air pumps

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  The air-pump of Otto von Guericke (1654). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. Wellcome Trust, UK)

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  Boyle's first air pump (1660s). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects: Wellcome Trust UK)

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  Vacuum Pump, ~1700 Dresden, Germany (Thomas Quine 2010). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.)

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Antlia (Lacaille (1756).

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  Antlia in Bode (1782)

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  Antlia in Goldbach (1799)

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  Antlia in Bode (1801), This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)