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==Etymology and History== |
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Hevelius's description: <blockquote>Secundò, Lacertam sive Stellionenm , quam inter Andromedam, & Cygnum reposui, eam ob causam elegi, quòd ibidem in tali angusto loco |
Hevelius's description: <blockquote>Secundò, Lacertam sive Stellionenm , quam inter Andromedam, & Cygnum reposui, eam ob causam elegi, quòd ibidem in tali angusto loco magnum aliquod animal consistere minimè posset, etiamsi decem lucidissimis Stellulis, Spatium istud esset resertum: adhrec, ut Autores volunt, sit animalculum versicolor , quasi plurimis Stellulis exornatum; id quod Nostro animalculo Coelestis omnium optimé convenit.</blockquote> |
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Revision as of 19:03, 19 August 2024
an early modern constellation invented by Jan and Elizabeta Hevelius. It is one of the 88 official IAU-constellations.
Etymology and History
Hevelius's description:
Secundò, Lacertam sive Stellionenm , quam inter Andromedam, & Cygnum reposui, eam ob causam elegi, quòd ibidem in tali angusto loco magnum aliquod animal consistere minimè posset, etiamsi decem lucidissimis Stellulis, Spatium istud esset resertum: adhrec, ut Autores volunt, sit animalculum versicolor , quasi plurimis Stellulis exornatum; id quod Nostro animalculo Coelestis omnium optimé convenit.
