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Appendix c modern constellations – iOptron GoToNova 8401 User Manual

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APPENDIX C

Modern Constellations

constellation abbreviation

genitive

origin

Andromeda

And

Andromedae

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Antlia

Ant

Antliae

1763,

Lacaille

Apus

Aps

Apodis

1603,

Uranometria

, created by

Keyser

and

de

Houtman

Aquarius

Aqr

Aquarii

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Aquila

Aql

Aquilae

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Ara

Ara

Arae

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Aries

Ari

Arietis

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Auriga

Aur

Aurigae

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Boötes

Boo

Boötis

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Caelum

Cae

Caeli

1763,

Lacaille

Camelopardalis

Cam

Camelopardalis

1624,

Bartsch

[2]

Cancer

Cnc

Cancri

ancient (

Ptolemy

)

Canes Venatici

CVn

Canum

Venaticorum

1690, Firmamentum Sobiescianum,

Hevelius

Canis Major

CMa

Canis Majoris

ancient (

Ptolemy

)