Jordanus (the ''
Jordan River'') was a
constellation introduced in 1612 (or 1613) on a globe by
Petrus Plancius
Petrus Plancius (; 1552 – 15 May 1622) was a Dutch-Flemish astronomer, cartographer and clergyman. He was born as Pieter Platevoet in Dranouter, now in Heuvelland, West Flanders. He studied theology in Germany and England. At the age of 24 he ...
and first shown in print by
Jakob Bartsch
Jakob Bartsch or Jacobus Bartschius (c. 1600 – 26 December 1633) was a German astronomer.
Biography
Bartsch was born in Lauban (Lubań) in Lusatia. He was taught how to use the astrolabe by Sarcephalus (Christopher Hauptfleisch), a librar ...
in his book ''Usus Astronomicus Planisphaerii Stellati'' (1624).
One end lay in the present-day
Canes Venatici
Canes Venatici () is one of the 88 constellations designated by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). It is a small northern constellation that was created by Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century. Its name is Latin for 'hunting dogs', and ...
and then it flowed through the areas now occupied by
Leo Minor
Leo Minor is a small and faint constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for "the smaller lion", in contrast to Leo, the larger lion. It lies between the larger and more recognizable Ursa Major to the north and Le ...
and
Lynx, ending near
Camelopardalis.
This constellation was not adopted in the atlases of
Johann Bode and fell into disuse.
References
See also
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Obsolete constellations
Former constellations are old historical Western constellations that for various reasons are no longer widely recognised or are not officially recognised by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Prior to 1930, many of these defunct const ...
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Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery
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Coelum Stellatum Christianum'' (
Julius Schiller
Julius Schiller (c. 1580 – 1627) was a lawyer from Augsburg, who like his fellow citizen and colleague Johann Bayer published a star atlas in celestial cartography.
In the year of his death, Schiller, with Bayer's assistance, published th ...
, 1627) Christianized the constellation
Hydra as the Jordan river.
Former constellations
Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius
Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery
Astronomy in the Dutch Republic
1610s in the Dutch Republic
Jordan River
1610s beginnings
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