Thursday, February 26, 2009

reticulum on wikipedia

Reticulum (pronounced /rɨˈtɪkjələm/) is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the reticle, an instrument used to measure star positions. It was introduced in the early seventeenth century by Isaac Habrecht, who named it Rhombus.[1] It was later renamed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the eighteenth century.

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