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Custos Messium

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Custos Messium and the likewise-obsolete constellation of Tarandus depicted above Camelopardalis.

Custos Messium (Latin for harvest-keeper) was a constellation created by Jérôme Lalande in 1775 to honor Charles Messier. It was located between the constellations of Camelopardalis, Cassiopeia and Cepheus, next to another subsequently abandoned constellation, Rangifer the Reindeer.[1] It is no longer recognized.[2]

References

  1. ^ Ian Ridpath's Star Tales. "Custos Messium". Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  2. ^ Star Names-Their Lore and Meaning by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899 retrieved 22/09/2011)
  • SEDS retrieved 23 August 2006
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