Antlia

Antlia 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

Lacaille on Antlia 1752

Origin of Constellation

Various types of historical air pumps

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  The air-pump of Otto von Guericke (1654). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. Wellcome Trust, UK)

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  Boyle's first air pump (1660s). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects: Wellcome Trust UK)

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  Vacuum Pump, ~1700 Dresden, Germany (Thomas Quine 2010). (This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.)

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Antlia (Lacaille (1756).

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  Antlia in Bode (1782)

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  Antlia in Goldbach (1799)

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  Antlia in Bode (1801), This file is from Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects.

All HIP Stars within this constellation

HIP 53502,HIP 46515,HIP 51172,HIP 46515,HIP 47039,HIP 47627,HIP 48587,HIP 47919,HIP 49264,HIP 49434,HIP 49165,HIP 49428,HIP 48926,HIP 49418,HIP 50030,HIP 50075,HIP 49670,HIP 49769,HIP 49943,HIP 49950,HIP 50234,HIP 50641,HIP 50525,HIP 51937,HIP 51530,HIP 52022,HIP 52273,HIP 52151,HIP 52324,HIP 52550

References

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