Titlebook: Uncharted Constellations; Asterisms, Single-So John C. Barentine Book 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 Historical as

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978-3-319-27618-2Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27619-9Historical asterisms; History of star maps; History of star cartography; Julius Schiller’s Coelum Stell

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Mirage

The Battery of VoltaThis single-sourced constellation appeared in Volume 1 of . (.) by the English polymath Thomas Young (1773–1829) (Fig. .).

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Caput MedusaeCaput Medusae is best considered an asterism within Perseus, but historically it was considered sufficiently distinct from Perseus to warrant its own label on charts (Figs. ., ., and .). Richard Hinckley Allen (.) wrote of Perseus that

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Sciurus VolansWilliam Croswell introduced the Flying Squirrel on his . (.; Fig. 15.1) along with Marmor Sculptile (Chap. 9). It is shown in approximately the position already occupied by Camelopardalis, making it a (failed) attempted rebrand. Croswell defended his creation on aesthetic grounds in the Introduction to the accompanying .:

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John C. BarentineAllows star gazers to discover and pick out 16 lost constellations from distant times in today‘s night sky.Supplements the information in companion volume "The Lost Constellations" with even less well

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