单词 | antlia pneumatica |
释义 | > as lemmasAntlia Pneumatica 1. Astronomy. With capital initial. (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation of the southern hemisphere bounded by Hydra, Pyxis, Vela, and Centaurus; the Air Pump; more fully Antlia Pneumatica (now rare). Also (in form Antliae) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Ant (no point). ΚΠ 1786 J. Anderson Inst. Physics (ed. 4) 364 There are sixty-five Southern Constellations, to wit... Coma Pictoris, Pyxis Nautica, Antlia Pneumatica, [etc.]. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 475/2 Antlia Pneumatica. 1875 Astron. & Meteorol. Observ. Radcliffe Observatory 32 120/2 April 8. γ Antliæ—very faint. 1899 R. H. Allen Star-names 43 Although inconspicuous, and without any named star, Antlia is of special interest to astronomers from containing the noted variable S, discovered in 1888. 1928 Sci. News Let. 15 Dec. 371/3 Some of these southern constellations that the members of the Hoover party will see have such queer names as Antlia Pneumatica, the air pump; Horologium, the clock; [etc.]. 1990 P. S. Harrington Touring Universe through Binoculars vii. 88 S Antliae is the easiest variable in Antlia to find and follow with binoculars. 2007 A. V. S. Castelli et al. in I. Saviane et al. Groups Galaxies Nearby Universe 109 The Antlia cluster..is the third nearest galaxy cluster..after Virgo and Fornax. < as lemmas |
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