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constellation named by de Lacaille comparison table

Subject	has historical origin	has historical image	has synonym	has boundary	has acronym	has genitive
Antlia	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Air Pump		Ant	Antliae
Caelum	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Chisel	defined in equatorial coordinates	Cae	Caeli
Circinus	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Compass	defined in equatorial coordinates	Cir	Circini
Fornax	the laboratory Furnace or chemical furnace in honor of Antoine Lavoisier		Furnace		For	Fornacis
Horologium	the clock in honor of Christian Huygens, the inventor of the pendulum clock in 1656-57		Horologium Oscillitorium	defined in equatorial coordinates	Hor	Horologii
Mensa	named after the table mountain near de Lacaille's observatory in Cape Town		Mons Mensa	defined in equatorial coordinates	Men	Mensae
Microscopium	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Microscope	defined in equatorial coordinates	Mic	Microscopii
Musca	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Musca Australis	defined in equatorial coordinates	Mus	Muscae
Norma	as 'Norma et Regula' (appeared as the Level and the Square to de Lacaille)		Level (Square)		Nor	Normae
Octans	the instrument used to measure the position of Polaris		Octant	defined in equatorial coordinates	Oct	Octantis
Pictor	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Easel	defined in equatorial coordinates	Pic	Pictoris
Pyxis	part of the large constellation Argo Navis		Ship's Compass	defined in equatorial coordinates	Pyx	Pyxidis
Reticulum	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Reticle (crosshairs in telescope eyepiece)	defined in equatorial coordinates	Ret	Reticuli
Sculptor	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Sculptor	defined in equatorial coordinates	Scl	Sculptoris
Telescopium	asterism with pictorial or mythical significance		Telescope	defined in equatorial coordinates	Tel	Telescopii

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