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How does a constellation become "obsolete"?
by desertlounger 3y ago
How does a constellation become "obsolete"?
- sp332 3y agoThe International Astronomical Union stopped publishing it in their list of constellations in 1922, and no one really learns about it anymore.
- o11c 3y agoFrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_constellations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_constellations > Some of the Northern Sky's former constellations were placed in the less populated regions between the traditional brighter constellations just to fill gaps. In the Southern Sky, new constellations were often created from about the 15th century [...] European countries [...] often supported and popularised their own constellation outlines. In some cases, different constellations occupied overlapping areas and included the same stars.