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Xiphias
Xiphias is an obsolete constellation name derived from the Greek word for swordfish. Johannes Kepler used the name in the 1627 Rudolphine Tables, but modern astronomical practice treats the corresponding region of sky as Dorado, one of the 88 officially recognized constellations. Dorado lies in the southern sky and contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky...
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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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