I received my copy of "
Stars And Planets" last Friday.
You were right Suzy, it is great!
Now the confusion. In the entries for
Carina,
Puppis and
Vela,Ridpath states that they were created from
Argo Navis, by
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in
1763.
In "
Astronomical objects for southern telescopes" by E J Hartung, he states
Carina,
Puppis and
Vela were created by
Gould in
1877-1879.
No doubt I have the bull by the horns, but I do find it confusing.
Michael.