Microscopium

See also: microscopium

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).

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Microscopium

  1. (astronomy) A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.

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