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Microscopium
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Microscopium
Microscopium
is a minor
constellation
in the
Southern Celestial Hemisphere
, one of twelve created in the 18th century by French
astronomer
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
and one of several depicting scientific instruments. Its name is a
Latinised
form of the
Greek
word for
microscope
. Its
stars
are faint and hardly visible from most of the non-tropical
Northern Hemisphere
.
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