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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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File:For lacaille-planisphere-fortin-1479.jpg|Fornax in Lacaille (1756).
File:For Fortin1795.jpg|Fornax in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
File:For Fortin1795.jpg|Fornax in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
File:For Bode1782.jpg|Fornax in Bode (1782, 1805).
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 26 January 2025

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Fornax 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

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Lacaille on Fornax (1752)


Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References