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Apes
Apes was an obsolete constellation introduced by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius on a 1612 celestial globe to represent a bee. Its small group of stars lay in the area now assigned to Aries, and later maps used related names including Vespa, Lilium, and Musca Borealis. The figure was not retained among the 88 constellations recognized by modern astronomy, so Apes is now of historical interest.
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Antinous
Antinous was a former constellation, drawn as a figure associated with Antinous, the young companion of the Roman emperor Hadrian. The star group occupied an area within Aquila and was sometimes represented separately from the eagle. Tycho Brahe catalogued it as a distinct constellation in 1602, but modern constellations no longer recognize it as independent, and its stars are treated as part of A...
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