Globus Aerostaticus

Globus Aerostaticus (Latin for hot air balloon) or Ballon Aerostatique (the French equivalent) was a constellation created by Jérôme Lalande in 1798. It lay between the constellations Piscis Austrinus, Capricornus and Microscopium. It is no longer in use. ^[1]

The constellation was created to honor the invention of the Montgolfier brothers, who launched the first hot air balloon in the late eighteenth century.^[2]

References

^ Barentine, John C. (2016). The Lost Constellations. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp. 163–176. ISBN 978-3-319-22794-8. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ The Lost Constellations.

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[1] Barentine, John C. (2016). The Lost Constellations. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. pp. 163–176. ISBN 978-3-319-22794-8. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[2] The Lost Constellations.

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