Antlia

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4922. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

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(the Air Pump; abbrev. Ant, gen. Antliae; area 239 sq. deg.) A southern
constellation that lies between Hydra and Vela, and culminates at
midnight in late February. It was named Antlia Pneumatica by the French
astronomer Nicholas L de Lacaille (1713-62), who charted the southern
sky in 1751-2. The IAU adopted the shortened form in 1922....

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