{"id":25969,"date":"2021-11-10T08:51:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyatnightmagazine.com\/?p=101833"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T09:06:12","slug":"8-forgotten-constellations-that-didnt-catch-on","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/8-forgotten-constellations-that-didnt-catch-on\/","title":{"rendered":"8 forgotten constellations that didn\u2019t catch on"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Brian Jones\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 10 November 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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During the 2nd century AD, the Greek astronomer Ptolemy<\/a> published <\/span>a catalogue of 1,022 stars, which he divided into 48 constellations. In the 17th and 18th centuries, astronomers actively added to this list, devising new star patterns to commemorate a variety of monarchs, emperors, patrons, animals, tools and instruments.<\/p>\n

The result was that there was no standard set of constellations: those shown in one star atlas frequently differed to those depicted in another, and it became clear that something had to be done to bring order to the chaos.<\/p>\n

More history of astronomy:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

8 forgotten constellations<\/strong><\/h2>\n 1<\/span>
Argo Navis \/ The Ship, Argo<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""The\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Argo Navis \/ The Ship, Argo<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""The\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Anser \/\u00a0The Goose<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""Constellations\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Telescopium Herschelii \/\u00a0Herschel\u2019s Telescope<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""Detail\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Turdus Soltarius \/\u00a0The Solitary Thrush<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""Turdus\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Harpa Georgii \/\u00a0George\u2019s Harp<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""Psalterium\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Machina Electrica \/\u00a0The Electrical Machine<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""Machina\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>

Officina <\/span>Typographica \/\u00a0<\/span>The Printing Shop<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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$\""Monoceros,\"$ <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>