Star Tales - Reticulum (ianridpath.com)
archive
https://web.archive.org/web/20231101011329/http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/reticulum.html
borders
Star Tales - Dorado (ianridpath.com)
Star Tales - Horologium (ianridpath.com)
Star Tales - Hydrus (ianridpath.com)
excerpt
A small southern constellation, introduced by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille to commemorate the reticle in the eyepiece of his small telescope with which he catalogued the southern stars from the Cape of Good Hope in 1751–52.
retrieved
2023-10-31
size ranking
82
tags
Reticulum
Ian Ridpath’s Star Tales (ianridpath.com)
website
http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/reticulum.html