Lacaille Star Catalog
(Lac)
(1700s catalog of about 10,000 southern hemisphere stars)
I use the term Lacaille Star Catalog to indicate the
star lists produced in the mid 1700s by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille,
particularly on a trip to the southern hemisphere.
He produced a number of lists, one of nearly 10,000 stars,
and some stars are still identified by numbers from his
lists.
(stars,catalog)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas-Louis_de_Lacaille
https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_hbEvAQAAMAAJ
http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/startales1d.html#lacaille14
Referenced by page:
Lacaille 9352
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