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Re:2024 Quadrantid meteor shower to peak January 3-4 by desertlounger on Sunday December 24, 2023 @02:41PM (#38756126)
How does a constellation become "obsolete"?
Re:2024 Quadrantid meteor shower to peak January 3-4 by sp332 on Sunday December 24, 2023 @02:56PM (#38756256)
The International Astronomical Union stopped publishing it in their list of constellations in 1922, and no one really learns about it anymore.
Re:2024 Quadrantid meteor shower to peak January 3-4 by o11c on Sunday December 24, 2023 @11:45PM (#38759889)
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former_constellations

> Some of the Northern Sky's former constellations were placed in the less populated regions between the traditional brighter constellations just to fill gaps. In the Southern Sky, new constellations were often created from about the 15th century [...] European countries [...] often supported and popularised their own constellation outlines. In some cases, different constellations occupied overlapping areas and included the same stars.