Xiphias the Swordfish | The Sky Tonight

Asterism Visual Appearance

Located between: Argo Navis, Mons Mensae, Nubecula Major, Pluteum Pictoris, Reticulus

Asterism Origin and History

This star pattern was named Xiphias by Johannes Kepler in the Rudolphine Tables (1627).

Image Representation Date

Image	Representation	Date
Image	Bode (1801), Plate 1: Aries Planisphere *Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis.* 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
Image	Bode (1801), plate 2: Xiphias	1801

Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis.

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