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* | * Ridpath, Ian, [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/lacerta.html Star Tales: Lacerta.] | ||
* Allen, R. H. [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Topics/astronomy/_Texts/secondary/ALLSTA/Lacerta*.html Star Names: Lacerta] | |||
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Revision as of 10:02, 20 August 2024
an early modern constellation invented by Jan and Elizabeta Hevelius. It is one of the 88 official IAU-constellations.
Etymology and History
Hevelius's description:
Secundò, Lacertam sive Stellionenm , quam inter Andromedam, & Cygnum reposui, eam ob causam elegi, quòd ibidem in tali angusto loco magnum aliquod animal consistere minimè posset, etiamsi decem lucidissimis Stellulis, Spatium istud esset resertum: adhrec, ut Autores volunt, sit animalculum versicolor , quasi plurimis Stellulis exornatum; id quod Nostro animalculo Coelestis omnium optimé convenit.
Mythology
Weblinks
- Ridpath, Ian, Star Tales: Lacerta.
- Allen, R. H. Star Names: Lacerta
