Testudo

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Testudo, the Tortoise, is one of the obsolete European constellations.

Concordance, Etymology, History

Early modern astronomers invented many new constellations to fill gaps between the classical ones.

Testudo is from Hill (1754) "Urania or a Compleat View of the Heavens"); see Barentine(2016) p.193-195, Fig. B.14. "Uncharted Constellations: Asterisms, Single-Source and Rebrands"

Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

no mythology

References

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