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    Musca Borealis (Latin for northern fly) was a constellation, now discarded, located between the constellations of Aries and Perseus. It was originally...
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    constellation "Musca" in 1690 in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum. To differentiate it from Musca, the southern fly, it was later renamed Musca Borealis but it did...
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    Lacaille renamed it to Musca Australis, the Southern Fly—Australis, since it counterparted the now discarded constellation of Musca Borealis composed of a few...
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    Southern Aquila Apes Apium Bees (renamed to Vespa, then Lilium, then to Musca Borealis) 1612 Petrus Plancius 33, 35 Arietis, Lilli Borea and Bharani between...
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    Pegasus Equuleus Aries Musca Borealis (obsolete, represented a fly, not to be confused with the modern southern constellation of Musca.) Taurus Gemini Cancer...
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  • music artist Herbert Musca Borealis, first described as "Musca", an asterism and obsolete constellation in the northern sky Mușca, a village in Lupșa, Alba...
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    Aquarius to Cancer. Also depicted are Pegasus, Triangulum Majus and Minus, Musca Borealis, and Orion, as well as two broad gold bands spanning the ceiling, representing...
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    star. This star was formerly located in the obsolete constellation Musca Borealis. van Leeuwen, Floor (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos...
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    parsecs). This star was formerly located in the obsolete constellation Musca Borealis. 39 Arietis is the star's Flamsteed designation. This star was described...
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    Aerostaticus Jordanus Lochium Funis Machina Electrica Malus Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Polophylax Psalterium Georgianum/Harpa...
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  • Musca hydroleon – Odontomyia hydroleon Musca pantherina – Nemotelus pantherinus Musca morio – Hemipenthes morio Musca maura – Hemipenthes maura Musca...
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    Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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    Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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    Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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  • Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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    Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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    Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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    since this system was once part of the now-obsolete constellation Musca Borealis, but is sometimes designated c Arietis. The designations of the two...
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  • Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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  • Lochium Funis Lumbricus Machina Electrica Malus Manis Mons Maenalus Musca Borealis Noctua Officina Typographica Patella Phaethon Polophylax Psalterium...
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  • and a radius out to 42 AU. This star was located in the constellation Musca Borealis. van Leeuwen, F. (November 2007), "Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction"...
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    An R Coronae Borealis variable (abbreviated RCB, R CrB) is an eruptive variable star that varies in luminosity in two modes, one low amplitude pulsation...
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    Volans, Apus, Pavo, Grus, Phoenix, Tucana, Indus, Chamaeleon, and Musca. Bayer labeled Musca as "Apis" (the Bee), but over time it was renamed. (Bayer's twelfth...
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  • Cetus Chamaeleon Circinus Columba Coma Berenices Corona Australis Corona Borealis Corvus Crater Crux Cygnus Delphinus Dorado Draco Equuleus Eridanus Fornax...
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    letters): Aps for Apus/Apodis, CrA for Corona Australis, CrB for Corona Borealis, Crv for Corvus. (Crater is abbreviated Crt to prevent confusion with CrA...
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    long names that were shortened to more usable forms; e.g. Musca Australis became simply Musca. Some of the early constellations were never universally...
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  • brandy (eau de vie) in France, and akvavit in Scandinavia. aquila non capit muscas an eagle does not catch flies Or, "a noble or important person does not...
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    Binomial name Sericomyia silentis (Harris, 1776) Synonyms Musca silentis Harris, 1776 Sericomyia borealis (Fallén, 1816) Syrphus borealis Fallén, 1816...
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    (Zodiacal constellations in bold) NGQ1 7 (Lyra, Hercules, Serpens, Corona Borealis, Ophiuchus, Cygnus, Boötes) SGQ1 11 (Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius...
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    constellations of Scorpius, Ara, Norma, Triangulum Australe, Circinus, Centaurus, Musca, Crux, Carina, Vela, Puppis, Canis Major, Monoceros, Orion and Gemini, Taurus...
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