Comments on: Quadrans Muralis: a demoted constellation lives on as the radiant of the January Quadrantids http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/ Random thoughts about LA and the rest of the universe Sun, 09 Oct 2016 17:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: What’s Up in 2013 at a glance « Jane Houston Jones http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/comment-page-1/#comment-3001 What’s Up in 2013 at a glance « Jane Houston Jones Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:35:11 +0000 http://jane.whiteoaks.com/?p=4487#comment-3001 [...] January 3 Quadrantids will be washed out by the beautiful last quarter moon. Have a look, and enjoy this pretty moon view between hunts for the Quadrantids. [...]

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]]> By: Counting meteors from Amboy Crater – Lyrids 2012 « Jane Houston Jones http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/comment-page-1/#comment-2226 Counting meteors from Amboy Crater – Lyrids 2012 « Jane Houston Jones Sun, 06 May 2012 22:13:30 +0000 http://jane.whiteoaks.com/?p=4487#comment-2226 [...] January Quadrantids and a demoted constellation [...]

]]> By: Viewing meteor showers from light polluted LA – not impossible! « Jane Houston Jones http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/comment-page-1/#comment-1958 Viewing meteor showers from light polluted LA – not impossible! « Jane Houston Jones Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:17:41 +0000 http://jane.whiteoaks.com/?p=4487#comment-1958 [...] More about the Quadrantids and their namesake constellation, Quadrans Muralis [...]

]]> By: jane http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/comment-page-1/#comment-858 jane Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:38:23 +0000 http://jane.whiteoaks.com/?p=4487#comment-858 On second thought, I updated the post to include the detail about subdividing Argo Navis this morning. :-)

]]> By: jane http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/comment-page-1/#comment-838 jane Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:58:26 +0000 http://jane.whiteoaks.com/?p=4487#comment-838 Yes it was cut up into four related constellations, but my article is about Quadrans Muralis, not all the other unfortunate demotees and their progeny. :-)

]]> By: Michael Portuesi http://jane.whiteoaks.com/2010/12/31/quadrans-muralis-a-demoted-constellation-lives-on-as-the-radiant-of-the-january-quadrantids/comment-page-1/#comment-809 Michael Portuesi Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:12:44 +0000 http://jane.whiteoaks.com/?p=4487#comment-809 I thought that Argo Navis does live on in a way, broken down into smaller constellations: Carina (keel), Vela (sail), Puppis (poop or stern), and Pyxis (compass).

I found a really great article on Argo Navis here:

http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/extra/ArgoNavis.html

It looks like Argo Navis also included modern constellations Volans (flying fish) and Columba (dove).

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