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Constellation of Lacerta

author: A.Fujii/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-cst45-00003

Image Size 300 DPI: 40 * 51 cm

Lacerta (the Lizard) was a constellation invented by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687. It lies boxed in on all sides by the much more interesting groupings of Cygnus, Cephus, Pegasus and Andromeda. Lacerta had no bright stars or significant deep sky objects apart from 14th magnitude star-like object BL Lac, a prototype of an unusal kind of active galaxy whose nucleus varies in brightness by a few magnitudes over several days.  

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ASTRONOMY - CONSTELLATION - LACERTA - LINE - MAP - POSTER - STAR -