Apis (constellation)

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Apis (Latin for bee) was a constellation located south of constellation Crux. The constellation was present in the star atlases by Johann Bayer in 1603. In 1752 Nicolas Louis de Lacaille renamed it to Musca Australis, the Southern Fly. After the Northern Fly, Musca Borealis, was discarded, the name was shortened to Musca.

[edit] External link

• http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/obsolete_pages/apis.htm

Former Constellations

Antinous • Apis • Argo Navis • Cerberus • Custos Messium • Felis • Frederici Honores • Gallus • Globus Aerostaticus • Jordanus • Lochium Funis • Machina Electrica • Malus • Mons Maenalus • Musca Borealis • Noctua • Officina Typographica • Polophylax • Psalterium Georgii • Quadrans Muralis • Ramus Pomifer • Robur Carolinum • Sceptrum Brandenburgicum • Sceptrum et Manus Iustitiae • Solarium • Tarandus vel Rangifer • Taurus Poniatovii • Telescopium Herschelii • Testudo • Tigris • Triangulum Minor • Turdus Solitarius • Vespa