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Who discovered fornax?
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille identified Fornax in 1756. Fornax is a constellation that is located in the Southern Sky.
What is the constellation fornax named after?
Most of the "official" star and constellation names were created by the Greek, Roman and Arab astronomers before about 1400. (Much of the Greek and Roman astronomical knowledge was lost during the "Dark Ages", and survived only because of Arabic translations from the earlier texts.) So many star names and constellation names are of Greek, Roman and Arabic origin. Most of the constellations were visible from the latitudes of Greece, Europe and Egypt, and were derived from animals, gods and heroes. Starting in the 1500s and afterward, European seafarers sailing the southern oceans found new stars and new constellations not visible from the northern hemisphere. Many of the constellation names they created were of nautical or technical origin, such as "Telescopium", "Microsopium", "Octans" and "Sextans". The constellation Fornax in the southern hemisphere is named for the Furnace.
What is the UDF 2607 galaxy?
The UDF 7556 galaxy (one of the galaxies in the HUDF field) is a spiral galaxy 6000 million light-years from Earth in the Fornax constellation, and is 100,000 light-years in diameter, and contains about 100 billion stars.
What is the NGC 1365 galaxy?
The NGC 1365 galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy 56 million light-years from Earth in the Fornax constellation, and is 200,000 light-years in diameter, and contains about 400 billion stars.
Is there a chimera constellation?
There is no known constellation named "Chimera" in astronomy. The term "chimera" is often used to describe a mythical creature that lacks a specific representation in the sky as a recognized constellation.
What constellation is Achernar in?
The star Achernar is the brightest star in the constellation EridanusThere is no star called chernar. The star Achernar is the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus.
Quadrantids can be seen raining through what constellation?
Quadrantids can be seen raining through the constellation Boötes. It was previously associated with the Quadrans Muralis constellation, which is no longer officially recognized.
What is an imagined group of stars?
That would be a constellation. There are 88 recognized constellations. A subset of a constellation or other set of stars is called an asterism.
What is the UDF 423 galaxy?
The UDF 423 galaxy (one of the galaxies in the HUDF field) is a spiral galaxy 4700 million light-years from Earth in the Fornax constellation, and is 90,000 light-years in diameter, and contains about 100 billion stars.
What is the UDF 9455 galaxy?
The UDF 9455 galaxy (one of the galaxies in the HUDF field) is a spiral galaxy 6000 million light-years from Earth in the Fornax constellation, and is 60,000 light-years in diameter, and contains about 40 billion stars.
What word means unofficial constellation?
The term for an unofficial constellation is "asterism." These are recognizable star patterns that are not part of the recognized 88 official constellations.
How can you recognize the constellation Leo?
The constellation Leo can be recognized by looking like a lion. It is one of the constellations of the zodiac. The name is Latin for lion. It was described by Ptolemy.
