Indus Astron.
(ˈɪndəs)
[L.]
= Indian n. 5.
| 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 467/1. 1910 Encycl. Brit. VII. 13/1 Johann Bayer, a German astronomer..published a Uranometria in 1603, in which twelve constellations, all in the southern hemisphere, were added to Ptolemy's forty-eight, viz. Apis (or Musca) (Bee),..Indus (Indian), [etc.]. 1964 D. H. Menzel Field Guide Stars & Planets iv. 113 Indus (the Indian). Although the name is masculine, Flamsteed drew a female figure. |