Octans: Difference between revisions
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(Created page with "alt=star chart|thumb|Octans 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== alt=screenshot of text|thumb|Lacaille on Octans 1752 ===Origin of Constellation=== ===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== ==...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links |
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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== |
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File:Lacaille-oct.jpg|Octans in Lacaille (1756) |
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File:Oct Bode1782.jpg|Octans in Bode (1782, 1805) |
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File:Oct Fortin1795.jpg|Octans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795). |
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File:Oct Goldbach1799.jpg|Octans in Goldbach (1799) |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
Latest revision as of 18:38, 26 January 2025
One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Lacaille in the 1750s.
Etymology and History