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Patella
Patella was an obsolete constellation proposed by English writer and naturalist John Hill in 1754. Its name means "kneecap" in Latin, but Hill used it to represent a limpet shell in a proposed expansion of the northern sky. The constellation was not adopted by later standard star maps or by the International Astronomical Union, so Patella has no official modern boundaries or recognized status.
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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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