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Sextans
Sextans is a faint equatorial constellation representing the sextant, introduced by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687 to commemorate the astronomical instrument he used for measuring star positions at Danzig. It lies south of Leo and contains no bright stars; its brightest, Alpha Sextantis, is only about fourth magnitude, making the constellation difficult to see without dark skies. Beca...
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Asterion
Asterion was one of the two hunting dogs drawn by Johannes Hevelius in the seventeenth century. Hevelius introduced the pair as the constellation Canes Venatici, with Asterion representing one of the dogs and Chara the other. Asterion is not a separate modern constellation; its identity survives only as part of the historical naming and depiction of Canes Venatici.
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