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Monoceros
The Unicorn
OriginAncient
AbbreviationMon
GenitiveMonocerotis
Pronunciation/məˈnɒsɪrəs/ genitive /məˌnɒsɪˈroʊtɪs/
muh-NAH-ser-us
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary Starβ Monocerotis
Right Ascention 6h 28m Declination -7° 02'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.186 h (11.2 min)
Monoceros, a modern constellation, was created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in the seventeenth century. It represents the mythical unicorn, a single-horned animal, which appears several times in the Bible. This star group was introduced in 1612 on a star globe created by Plancius. He also invented the constellation Camelopardalis.
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Monoceros as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
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