Antlia (abbr. Ant, gen. Antliae)
The Air Pump; a small, obscure southern constellation.
ANTLIA
The modern constellation Antlia, the Air Pump, lies up and to the left of bright Suhail (Lambda Velorum, in the constellation Vela), which shines brightly at the lower right hand corner.
Antlia
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Antlia or the "Air Pump" is a small constellation in the southern hemisphere, named by French astronomer Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, who was the first to draw it in the 18th century.
Antlia
Abbreviation: Ant
Genitive: Antliae
Translation: The Air Pump
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Antlia, the air pump:
This constellation was created between 1750 and 1754 by the French astronomer Nicholas Louis de La Caille.
There is no mythology attached to Antlia as Lacaille discontinued the tradition of giving names from mythology to constellations and instead chose mostly names of instruments used in science.
Notable and named stars ...
Antlia (originally Antlia Pneumatica, the Air Pump) is an unremarkable constellation invented by the Abbé Nicolas de Lacaille in the 1750s.
Antlia
Abbreviation: Ant English name: Air Pump Coordinates see Stellar data
Particulars: ...
Lacaille's Antlia
On Lacaille's original 1756 planisphere Antlia was shown as a simple single-cylinder pump for evacuating a glass jar and was named la Machine Pneumatique.
Antlia (Air Pump)
This constellation have been reported by Masami Kurumada to not be of the 88 constellations in Saint Seiya due to being too modern.
Origin of the constellation: 1752, Lacaille ...
Finding Antlia: Beginning at the north, Antlia is surrounded by the sea snake Hydra, the compass Pyxis, the sails (Vela) of the mythological ship Argo and finally the centaur Centaurus.
Antlia
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Antlia, Vela and Carina in the west. looking from north to south.
The southern border finds Musca and Crux.
Circinus, visible in the above pictures, is southeast, and east is Lupus and the Libra constellation ...
Mira Antliae (there is no "Mira" star in the modern Antlia constellations)
Apus (Apodis) Aquarius (Aquarii)
Luyten 789-6
Aquila (Aquilae) ...
(NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Antlia . See constellation. antapex (NASA SP-7, 1965) See solar apex. Antarctic regions (NASA Thesaurus) The areas surrounding and including the continent of Antarctica.
Antlia, the pump
Aquila, the eagle
Auriga, the chariot driver
Bootes, the herdsman
Caelum, the chisel
Camelopardalis, the giraffe
Canes Venatici, the hunting dogs
Canis Major, the big dog
Canis Minor, the little dog
Cassiopeia, the queen ...
Located near the South Pole, Antlia is a faint constellation that may represent the air pump invented by the English physicist Robert Boyle.
This planetary nebula is found in a rather isolated part of the sky, about six degrees east of psi Velorum, just inside the border with Antlia. The closest bright star is q Velorum (3.85m), two degrees to the southeast.
Learn where to find ARGO NAVIS, the Argo Ship, CARINA, the Keel, VELA, the Sails, PUPPIS, the Deck, MALUS, the Mast, PYXIS, the Compass, ANTLIA, the Pump, PICTOR, the Painter, CRUX AUSTRALIS, the Southern Cross, CENTAURUS, the Centaur, ...
 See also: Constellation, Star, Sky, Constellations, Hydra
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