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authorAlexander V. Wolf <alex.v.wolf@gmail.com>2022-11-03 20:53:12 +0700
committerAlexander V. Wolf <alex.v.wolf@gmail.com>2022-11-03 20:53:12 +0700
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<p>These constellations are based mainly on the Ptolemaic tradition which had been used in all three Abrahamitic religions and,
thus, was common in the Near East, in Europe and its colonies on all continents.
However, between the ancient Greek constellations there were gaps of areas with only faint stars belonging to no constellation.[#47]
-In the Modern Epoch, several astronomers suggested constellation figures for these gaps
-(e.g. the constellation of "the lynx" for an area close to the Great Bear but with stars so faint that you would need the eyes of a lynx to see them),
+In the Modern Epoch, several astronomers suggested constellation figures for these gaps,
among them several political constellations to the honor of certain kings or patrons.
In the late 19th century, the astronomical research community aimed for a huge clean-up to avoid ambiguities in assigning stars to constellations.</p>
<p>In 1922, the IAU officially approved the list of 88 constellation names and their official abbreviations with three letters.