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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5079. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

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(the Painter's Easel; abbrev. Pic, gen. Pictoris; area 247 sq. deg.) A southern constellation which lies between Columba and Dorado, and culminates at midnight in mid-December. It was introduced as Equuleus Pictoris (the Painter's Easel) by the French astronomer Nicolas L de Lacaille (1713-62), who charted the southern sky in 1751-2. The shortened form (which strictly translated means `the Painter...

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