Mons Maenalus

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Map of the constellation Mons Maenalus

Mons Maenalus (Latin for Mount Maenalus) was a constellation created by Johannes Hevelius in 1687. It was located between the constellations of Boötes and Virgo, and depicts a mountain in Greece that the herdsman is stepping upon.[1] It was increasingly considered obsolete by the latter half of the 19th century.[2] Its brightest star is 31 Boötis, a G-type giant of apparent magnitude 4.86m.

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Plate from Hevelius's Firmamentum Sobiescianum; Mons Mænalus is in the lower right, under Boötes. Note that the constellation figures on Hevelius’s atlas are reversed left to right, as on a celestial globe.

Stars

The main stars that made up Bode's version of the constellation are 14, 15, 18, 31 Boötis and 71 Virginis (see chart).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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