Mons Maenalus

Mons Maenalus (Latin for Mount Maenalus) was a constellation created by Johannes Hevelius in 1687. It was located between the constellations of Boötes and Virgo, and depicts a mountain in Greece that the herdsman is stepping upon.[1] It was increasingly considered obsolete by the latter half of the 19th century.[2] Its brightest star is 31 Boötis, a G-type giant of apparent magnitude 4.86m.

Plate from Hevelius's Firmamentum Sobiescianum; Mons Mænalus is in the lower right, under Boötes.
Map of the constellation Mons Maenalus

Stars

The main stars that make up the constellation are 14, 15,18,31 Boötis and 71 Virginis.

References
  1. Ridpath, Ian. "Mons Maenalus". Star Tales. self-published. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
  2. Barentine, John C. (2015). The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore. New York, New York: Springer. p. 237. ISBN 9783319227955.


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