Jordanus (constellation)
Jordanus (the Jordan River) was a constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius.
One end was in Canes Venatici and then it flowed through Leo Minor and Lynx and ended near Camelopardalis. This constellation was not adopted in the atlases of Johann Bode and fell into disuse.
See also[]
- Obsolete constellations
- Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery
- Constellations created and listed by Dutch celestial cartographers
- (Julius Schiller, 1627) Christianized the constellation Hydra as the Jordan river.
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- Former constellations
- Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius
- Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery
- Astronomy in the Dutch Republic
- 1610s in the Dutch Republic
- Jordan River
- 1610s beginnings
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