Talk:Apis (constellation)

Shorten??[edit]

Well if musca is shorter than apis my brain is a banana. The article may have been true in the Genesis, but have been changed into subtle contradiction. Rursus 12:59, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I'll say it myself to relieve others from that burden: my brain is banana obviously, but for the reason that Musca is Musca Australis abbreviated. Rursus 13:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Merge[edit]

I now humbly request the merger of all information in Apis to Musca, while Apis (constellation) is reimplemented to #REDIRECT [[Musca#History]].

My reason is:

Apis is not an obsolete constellation. Argumentation:

Apis was the original name of Musca
Cæla Sculptoris, the sculptor's chisel, was the original name on Caelum, the meaning of Caelum (heaven) being very different from Caela (chisel) - a change of meaning doesn't make a new constellation;
Behold this picture over the southern polar region from http://www.atlascoelestis.com/ catalogue number 6) Joannis Hevelius, Uranographia, Danzig 1690, the little fly/bee at 2.45 o'clock made from four stars. 2.45 o'clock represents something between R.A. 12 and 13, where is today Musca. The four stars, I claim, are α, β, γ and δ Mus, see right thumbnail image.

Rursus declamavi; 22:39, 11 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]