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Lochium Funis

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Former constellation
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Lochium Funis (Latin for the log and line) was a constellation created by Johann Bode in 1801 next to the constellation Pyxis, an earlier invention of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. It represented the log and line used by seamen for measuring a ship's speed through the water. It was never used by other astronomers.

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Constellation history
48 constellations listed by Ptolemy after 150 AD
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The 41 additional constellations added in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries
Obsolete constellations (including Ptolemy's Argo Navis)
  • obsolete constellation names


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