Phoenix

Authors: Susanne M Hoffmann

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star chart

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

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

de Houtman (1603) "den Voghel Fenicx", Phoenix, the Phenix. screenshot of star catalogue.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Phonix on Blaeu's (1603) globe, based on de Houtman's data. RMG
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  Phoenix in Bayer (1603)
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  Phoenix in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

References

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