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2 unusual facts about Sceptrum Brandenburgicum


Sceptrum Brandenburgicum

Its name was however partially inherited by one of its brightest stars, Sceptrum, which today is denoted 53 Eridani.

Sceptrum Brandenburgicum (or Sceptrum Brandenburgium – Latin for scepter of Brandenburg) was a constellation created in 1688 by Gottfried Kirch, astronomer of the Prussian Royal Society of Sciences.


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