Musca Borealis

Apis or Musca Borealis is an obsolete constellation in Aries that was used in Early Modern Europe.

Etymology and History

Origin of Constellation

The name "Musca" occurs first in Hevelius (1690) which can easily be confused with the (modern) constellation Musca next the Southern Cross (Crux). It was distinguished in other atlasses by adding the specifier "Borealis". Some even named it "Apis", The Bee, instead of the Fly.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Le Mouche above Aries in Fortin (1776-1795), derived from Flamsteed.

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  The Fly in Young (1807): A Course of Lectures on Natural Philosophy and the Mechanical Arts.The Fly in

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  Aries with "Musca Borealis" in Hall (1822)

Mythology

There is no mythology

References

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• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
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