Pictor

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

One of the 88 IAU constellations. It was invented by Lacaille (1752).

Etymology and History

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Pictor in Lacaille's definition 1752

Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Pictor in Lacaille (1756).
Pictor in Bode (1782, 1805).
Pictor in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

Mythology

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References

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