Mon - Monoceros the Unicorn
Intro and Visual description
The Unicorn is running up behind Orion, who has not heard it coming (a sign of its magical nature).
Origin and History
Created by Petrus Plancius in 1613, along with Camelopardalis.
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Bode (1801), Plate 18 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), Plate 18: Monoceros | 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 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Monoceros more Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Monoceros, Canis Minor, Printing Press |
1825 |
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