Pyxis

(Inglese)

A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.

Etimologia (Inglese)

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica (“nautical compass”), from Latin pyxis (“little box”).

Bussola

Malus

Compass

Mariner’s Compass

Magnetic Compass

Boussole

Kompas

Pyxis

Pyxis

Πυξίς

Kumpas

Brúixola

Pyxis

Pyxis

Bossòla

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