Vel - Vela the Sail of Argo Navis
Intro and Visual description
See Argo Navis.
Origin and History
One of 17 constellations created by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756.
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Argo Navis | 1661 |
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Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Argo Navis, detail | 1661 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 18 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 18: Argo Navis | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 2: ArgoNavis | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 2: Libra Planisphere Uranographia Tab II. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Librae. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
IAU Star Map
