Vulpecula

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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star chart

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

The constellation was invented by Hevelius (1687) and is one of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

Vulpecula cum Ansere as decribed by Hevelius (1687).

Vulpecula cum Ansere as depicted in mapping by Hevelius (1687).

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Vulpecula cum Ansere in Hevelius (1687)
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  Vul depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 1st edition (1776)
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  Vulpecula et Anser depicted in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795)

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)