It is a long-obsolete star pattern, invented in 1795 by J.J. Lalande to commemorate the instrument used to observe the stars in his catalogue. Adolphe Quetelet of Brussels Observatory discovered ...

Quadrantids come from an obsolete constellation called “Quadrans Muralis,” which was discovered by French astronomer Jerome Lalande in 1795 ... to observe and plot star positions: a quadrant.

Deborah Amell touches a statue of St. Kateri Tekakwitha in 2012 at Our Lady of the Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, ...

First of all, Uranus is not a star – in fact ... ‘Herschel’ at the suggestion of Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande, who wished to honor the discoverer,” explained astronomer John ...

Introduced by French astronomer Jérôme Lalande in 1795, Quadrans Muralis was once positioned between Boötes and Draco. Though removed from modern star maps in 1922, its legacy endures through the ...

Raise shields, red alert — we’re going to try and put all the Star Trek movies in order. And we do mean try. When they were focused on the Original Series era, the Star Trek movies were so ...

For centuries, stargazers have watched a new star light up in the sky. Just days later, it vanishes. But a precise deep space prediction is difficult. "We’re waiting for a 'new' star to briefly ...

French astronomer Jérôme Lalande created the constellation Quadrans Muralis (at top) in 1795. When the constellations were formalized in 1922 it didn’t make the cut, but the name lives on.

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. A star in the Northern Hemisphere’s night sky will soon become 1,000 times brighter than usual and become visible to the naked ...