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Uncharted Constellations - Asterisms, Single-Source and Rebrands (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
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Uncharted Constellations - Asterisms, Single-Source and Rebrands (Paperback, 1st ed. 2016)
Series: Popular Astronomy
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This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell
by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of
constellations. That decision left out lesser known ones whose
history is nevertheless interesting, but at last author John
Barentine is giving them their due. This book is a companion to
"The Lost Constellations", highlighting the more obscure
configurations. The 16 constellations found in this volume fall
into one or more of three broad categories: asterims, such as the
Big Dipper in Ursa Major; single-sourced constellations introduced
on surviving charts by a cartographer perhaps currying the favor of
sponsors; and re-brands, new figures meant to displace existing
constellations, often for an ideological reason. All of them reveal
something unique about the development of humanity's map of the
sky.
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