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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
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File:Vul Hevel detail.jpg|Vulpecula cum Ansere in Hevelius (1687)
File:Vul Fortin1776.jpg|Vul depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 1st edition (1776)
File:Vul Fortin1776.jpg|Vul depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 1st edition (1776)
File:Vul Fortin1795.jpg|Vulpecula et Anser depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795)
File:Vul Fortin1795.jpg|Vulpecula et Anser depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795)

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

The constellation was invented by Hevelius (1687)and is one of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

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Vulpecula cum Ansere as decribed by Hevelius (1687).
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Vulpecula cum Ansere as pepicted in mapping by Hevelius (1687).


Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References