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Dentalium
Dentalium was an obsolete constellation proposed by John Hill in 1754. Hill used the Latin name for tusk shells and placed the figure in the sky between Aquila and Aquarius, using stars that modern maps assign to those surrounding constellations. The proposal belonged to Hill's short-lived scheme of new constellations and was never adopted by the International Astronomical Union, so Dentalium has...
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Antinous
Antinous was a former constellation, drawn as a figure associated with Antinous, the young companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian. The star group occupied an area within Aquila and was sometimes represented separately from the eagle. Tycho Brahe catalogued it as a distinct constellation in 1602, but modern constellations no longer recognize it as independent, and its stars are treated as part of A...
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