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[[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg|alt=Jamison star chart|thumb|plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.]] |
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Noctua, The Owl, is an obsolete European constellation. It was invented in the 19th century: Alexander Jamison depicted the early modern invention of a second bird on the extended tail of the Hydra snake as an owl. This way, he replaced the exotic bird from the "new worlds", the flightless [[Solitaire]], with a species home in Europe ("old world"). |
Noctua, The Owl, is an obsolete European constellation. It was invented in the 19th century: Alexander Jamison depicted the early modern invention of a second bird on the extended tail of the Hydra snake as an owl. This way, he replaced the exotic bird from the "new worlds", the flightless [[Solitaire]], with a species home in Europe ("old world"). |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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== Variants of the image == |
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File:Noctua.JPG|Noctua on the Celestial Atlas of Alexander Jamieson (1822).This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. |
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File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Noctua, Corvus, Crater, Sextans Uraniæ, Hydra, Felis, Lupus, Centaurus, Antlia Pneumatica, Argo Navis, and Pyxis Nautica.jpg|Noctua in Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror. plate 32 in ''Urania's Mirror'', a set of celestial cards accompanied by ''A familiar treatise on astronomy ...'' by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored. |
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==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
==IAU Working Group Star Names== |
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Revision as of 02:06, 13 October 2024
Noctua, The Owl, is an obsolete European constellation. It was invented in the 19th century: Alexander Jamison depicted the early modern invention of a second bird on the extended tail of the Hydra snake as an owl. This way, he replaced the exotic bird from the "new worlds", the flightless Solitaire, with a species home in Europe ("old world").
Etymology and History
Mythology
Variants of the image
Noctua on the Celestial Atlas of Alexander Jamieson (1822).This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.
Noctua in Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror. plate 32 in Urania's Mirror, a set of celestial cards accompanied by A familiar treatise on astronomy ... by Jehoshaphat Aspin. London. Astronomical chart, 1 print on layered paper board : etching, hand-colored.
IAU Working Group Star Names
The name was discussed and approved by the IAU WGSN in 202x. As this star is already named ..., the WGSN chose ... (not to apply/ to apply the name to a neighbouring star/ to ...) in the IAU-CSN.
