Monoceros And Canis Minor
by Science Source
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Monoceros And Canis Minor
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Science Source
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Astronomical chart showing a unicorn, a dog, and printing apparatus forming the constellations. Monoceros is a faint constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Greek for unicorn. Monoceros is a relatively modern constellation. Its first certain appearance was on a globe created by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius in 1612 or 1613 and it was later charted by Jakob Bartsch as Unicornus in his star chart of 1624. It is bordered by Orion to the west, Gemini to the north, Canis Major to the south and Hydra to the east. Other bordering constellations include Canis Minor, Lepus and Puppis. The Printing or Letterpress Workshop (in Latin, Officina Typographica) was a constellation located east of Sirius, created by Johann Bode in the late 18th century. It was used in at least one other star atlas, but quickly became obsolete. Urania's Mirror is a boxed set of 32 constellation cards first published by Samuel Leigh of the Strand, London, in or shortly before 1825. An unidentified lady, referred to by her nom-de-plume, Jehoshaphat Aspin, designed these whimsical astronomy cards. The engraver was Sidney Hall.
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