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APPENDIX C
Modern Constellations
constellation abbreviation genitive origin
Andromeda And Andromedae ancient (Ptolemy)
Antlia Ant Antliae 1763, Lacaille
Apus Aps Apodis
1603, Uranometria, created by Keyser and de
Houtman
Aquarius Aqr Aquarii ancient (Ptolemy)
Aquila Aql Aquilae ancient (Ptolemy)
Ara Ara Arae ancient (Ptolemy)
Aries Ari Arietis ancient (Ptolemy)
Auriga Aur Aurigae ancient (Ptolemy)
Boötes Boo Boötis ancient (Ptolemy)
Caelum Cae Caeli 1763, Lacaille
Camelopardalis Cam Camelopardalis 1624, Bartsch
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Cancer Cnc Cancri ancient (Ptolemy)
Canes Venatici CVn
Canum
Venaticorum
1690, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, Hevelius
Canis Major CMa Canis Majoris ancient (Ptolemy)