- Source: Turdus Solitarius
Turdus Solitarius (Latin for solitary thrush) was a constellation created by French astronomer Pierre Charles Le Monnier in 1776 from stars of Hydra's tail. It was named after the Rodrigues solitaire, an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Rodrigues East of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. It was replaced by another constellation, Noctua (the Owl), in A Celestial Atlas (1822) by the British amateur astronomer Alexander Jamieson, but neither was adopted by the International Astronomical Union among its 88 recognized constellations.
References
External links
Ian Ridpath's Star Tales Turdus Solitarius
Turdus Solitarius Shane Horvatin
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar burung Taiwan
- Daftar nama burung di Indonesia: Passeriformes
- Turdus Solitarius
- Blue rock thrush
- Rodrigues solitaire
- Noctua (constellation)
- Urania's Mirror
- Cerberus (constellation)
- Machina Electrica
- Mascarene Islands
- Musca Borealis
- Outline of astronomy
