LACERTA

, Lizard, one of the new constellations of the northern hemisphere, added by Hevelius to the 48 old ones, near Cepheus and Cassiopeia.

This constellation contains, in Hevelius's catalogue 10 stars, and in Flamsteed's 16.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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* LACERTA
LACUNAR
LAGNY (Thomas Fantet de)
LAKE
LANDEN (John)
LARBOARD