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Jakob Bartsch or Jacobus Bartschius (ca. 16001633) published several star charts in 1624, titled Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati, which included several new constellations introduced around 1613 on a celestial globe by Petrus Plancius.

Bartsch was the son-in-law of Johannes Kepler.


Constellations introduced by Jakob Bartsch in his 1624 text Usus Astronomicus Planisphaerii Stellati
Camelopardalis | Monoceros

 


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