Thread: Naming the constellations: vanity and power in the sky
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Old 27-November-2001, 07:28 PM
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Query: Was it the IAC in the 20s that divided the ancient constellation Argo Navis into four constellations (Carina, Puppis, Pyxis and ... well, I know there're four of them)? Or was that an earlier change that the IAC approved?
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