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Old 24-September-2003, 11:12 AM
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A couple or errors that someone else has probably already pointed out.

page 114 line 12: for "Alpha Ursa Minoris" read "Alpha Ursae Minoris"

page 115 line 5: for "Sigma Octans" read "Sigma Octantis"

Come to think of it, Phil might well be onto something here. Isn't it about time we ditched these old Latin genitives? Who in their right mind could guess that the genitive case of Apus is Apodis, or that the possessive of Canes Venatici is Canum Venaticorum? Alpha Ursa Minor might well be ungrammatical, but it's clear and it sounds much better than the "correct" form. Besides, the IAU already took the first steps in this direction when they decided that the two parts of Serpens should be known as Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda. Strictly speaking, they ought to be Serpentis Caput and Serpentis Cauda.
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