Apis (Latin for bee) was a constellation located south of constellation Crux. The constellation was present in the star atlases by Johann Bayer in 1603. In 1752Nicolas Louis de Lacaille renamed it to Musca Australis, the Southern Fly. After the Northern Fly, Musca Borealis, was discarded, the name was shortened to Musca. Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... Families Andrenidae Apidae Colletidae Halictidae Heterogynaidae Megachilidae Melittidae Oxaeidae Sphecidae Stenotritidae bee or bees, see bee (disambiguation). ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Johann Bayer (1572 – March 7, 1625) was a German astronomer. ... Events March 24 - Elizabeth I of England dies and is succeeded by her cousin King James VI of Scotland, uniting the crowns of Scotland and England April 28 – Funeral of Elizabeth I of England in Westminster Abbey July 17 or July 19 - Sir Walter Raleigh arrested for treason. ... 1752 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (March 15, 1713–March 21, 1762) was a French astronomer. ... Musca Borealis (Latin for northern fly) was a constellation located between the constellations of Aries and Perseus. ... Musca (Latin for Fly) is one of the minor southern constellations. ...
Old religious art from sphinx statuettes of Egypt to representations of the apostles of the four New Testament gospels, tell us that the four corners of the earth were the bull, the eagle, the lion, and the man. In Job we are told that the train of the zodiac was led by Aldebaran.
The brightest star in the constellation Taurus, Aldebaran is known as the "bull's eye".
They created twelve equal sectors of the ecliptic, named them for the constellations that lay approximately in each sector, decided that the reference point for measurement should be the vernal equinox, and called it zero degree Aries.
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