Microscopium
Meanings
name
- A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.
Word forms
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).
Derived words
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