Mic - Microscopium the Microscope
Intro and Visual description
One needs a telescopium to see Microscopium, for it contains no star brighter than 4.6.
Origin and History
One of 17 constellations created by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756.
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Bode (1801), Plate 16 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 16: Microscopium From Bode, Tab 16. |
1801 |
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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 |
IAU Star Map
