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   ocr: RENECTED CONSTELLATION (1/94) 00000 The basic list of 48 constellations was cven by the last great astronomer of: ancient times, Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus). Puring the 7th and 1Bth centures many astronemenee - - 5 onoe - - -e : - hamedaler-saints, recent inventions, or even contemporary rulers whom they wished to latter. Most of these have been deleted from modern maps, but one a still remembered: Quandranse Muralis, the Quadrant. Its stars: are now included in parts of Draco and Bootes, but in matgyathamnralihatinetresaandassinn this area, andiha.metson.stins showerare still known as the Q ...