An encyclopedia of once-common things passing us by.

(You can buy the lovely book version too.)

 

 

A list of constellations that are no longer recognized by the star’s governing body, the International Astronomical Union. They sound to me like the attendance list from a 2009 kindergarten class: Maenalus, Malus, Apis, Cerberus… Definitely check out the most obsolete of the constellations:  Officina Typographica, a “constellation that was made in order to honor one of the machines used to create scientific advancements, the printing press. Officina Typographica appeared on a least one other star atlas, but was quickly forgotten by astronomers.” It appears to be in the shape of an old printer’s type tray.

A list of constellations that are no longer recognized by the star’s governing body, the International Astronomical Union. They sound to me like the attendance list from a 2009 kindergarten class: Maenalus, Malus, Apis, Cerberus…

Definitely check out the most obsolete of the constellations:  Officina Typographica, a “constellation that was made in order to honor one of the machines used to create scientific advancements, the printing press. Officina Typographica appeared on a least one other star atlas, but was quickly forgotten by astronomers.” It appears to be in the shape of an old printer’s type tray.

Notes

  1. dbreunig reblogged this from obsoletethebook and added:
    Sadly, for people...constellations is kinda obsolete.
  2. obsoletethebook posted this