Image: Johann Bayer - Uraniometria - Southern Birds

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Description: The "Southern Birds", Pavo, Phoenix, Grus, and Tucana from Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603, the first celestial atlas to include the southern constellations. Indus and Hydrus also appear.
Title: Johann Bayer - Uraniometria - Southern Birds
Credit: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/BayerUran1661PiscisTop.jpg and http://aa.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/BayerUran1661PiscisBot.jpg U.S. Navy Library.
Author: Johann Bayer
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