Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5042.&link_type=abstract
"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5042. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Stars, Constellations And Asterisms
Scientific paper
(the Level; abbrev. Nor, gen. Normae; area 165 sq. deg.) A southern constellation which lies in the Milky Way between Lupus and Ara, and culminates at midnight in mid-May. It was named Norma et Regula (the Level and Square) by the French astronomer Nicolas L de Lacaille (1713-62), who charted the southern sky in 1751-2. The shortened form was adopted by the IAU in 1922....
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