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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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Rangifer
Rangifer, also called Tarandus, was an obsolete northern constellation representing a reindeer. French astronomer Pierre Charles Le Monnier introduced it in 1736, placing it between Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis in the northern sky; its creation commemorated the Lapland expedition associated with Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis and geodetic measurements of Earth's shape. The constellation is not...
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