Mons Maenalus (

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for ''Mount

Maenalus Maenalus or Mainalos ( grc, Μαίναλος) was a town of ancient Arcadia, and the capital of the district Maenalia (Μαιναλία), which formed part of the territory of Megalopolis upon the foundation of the latter city. Maenalus was in ru ...

'') was a

constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The origins of the e ...

created by Johannes Hevelius in 1687. It was located between the constellations of

Boötes Boötes ( ) is a constellation in the northern sky, located between 0° and +60° declination, and 13 and 16 hours of right ascension on the celestial sphere. The name comes from la, Boōtēs, which comes from grc-gre, Βοώτης, Boṓtēs ...

and Virgo, and depicts a mountain in Greece that the herdsman is stepping upon. It was increasingly considered obsolete by the latter half of the 19th century. Its brightest star is

31 Boötis 31 Boötis is a single star in the northern constellation of Boötes, located 470 light years from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, yellow-hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.86. The object is moving cl ...

, a G-type giant of

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4.86^m.

References

Former constellations Constellations listed by Johannes Hevelius {{astronomy-stub