2012年3月19日 星期一

eleven constellations

Until the middle of the first millennium BC, the Zodiac consisted of only eleven constellations. The biblical reference to "the eleven stars" (Genesis 37:9) is more accurately "the eleven asterisms/constellations (of the Zodiac). ------- The situation was finally regularized in 1930 when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) divided the sky into 88 official constellations with precise boundaries. Andromeda , Circinus , Lacerta , Piscis Austrinus, Antlia , Columba , Leo , Puppis Apus , Coma Berenices , Leo Minor , Pyxis Aquarius , Corona Australis, Lepus , Reticulum Aquila, Corona Borealis, Libra , Sagitta Ara , Corvus , Lupus , Sagittarius Aries , Crater, Lynx, Scorpius Auriga , Crux , Lyra , Sculptor Boötes, Cygnus , Mensa , Scutum Caelum , Delphinus , Microscopium , Serpens Camelopardalis, Dorado, Monoceros, Sextans Cancer, Draco , Musca, Taurus Canes Venatici, Equuleus , Norma , Telescopium Canis Major, Eridanus, Octans, Triangulum Canis Minor, Fornax, Ophiuchus, Triangulum Australe Capricornus , Gemini, Orion , Tucana Carina, Grus , Pavo, Ursa Major Cassiopeia , Hercules, Pegasus , Ursa Minor Centaurus, Horologium , Perseus, Vela Cepheus , Hydra, Phoenix, Virgo Cetus , Hydrus , Pictor, Volans Chamaeleon , Indus, Pisces, Vulpecula ----------------------

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