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Felis Constellation [Bode]
Felis was introduced by Jérôme Lalande in 1799, and its stars now belong to Hydra. It spans 17 degrees of the zodiac in the Signs of Leo and Virgo.
Abbreviation: Fel
Genitive: Felis [1]
Felis Constellation Stars
| 2000 | 2050 | Star | Name | Sp. Class | Mag. | Orb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26♌15 | 26♌57 | HD78702 | A0 | 5.73 | 1°00′ | |
| 02♍48 | 03♍30 | HD82573 | A4 | 5.74 | 1°00′ | |
| 02♍50 | 03♍32 | G Hya | K1 | 4.72 | 1°00′ | |
| 03♍48 | 04♍30 | HD82734 | K0 | 5.02 | 1°00′ | |
| 07♍03 | 07♍45 | I Hya | B5 | 4.76 | 1°00′ | |
| 07♍27 | 08♍04 | HD84117 | G0 | 4.93 | 1°00′ | |
| 08♍21 | 09♍03 | HD85951 | Felis | K5 | 4.94 | 1°00′ |
Felis Astrology
Robson
FELIS. The Cat
History. Formed by La Lande in 1805, but now obsolete.
Influence. Felis is said to give a quiet, cautious, watchful, careful, stealthy, cruel, revengeful and destructive nature, with fondness for out-of-the-way subjects and attached to home. The love of cats displayed by Virgo natives is probably due to this constellation. [2]
Felis Constellation [Urania’s Mirror]
Allen
Felis, the Cat, was formed by La Lande from stars between Antlia and Hydra, and first published in his Bibliographie Astronomique of 1805. Its inventor said of it:
I am very fond of cats. I will let this figure scratch on the chart. The starry sky has worried me quite enough in my life, so that now I can have my joke with it.
In Die Gestirne, the 2d edition of Bode’s maps, it appears at Katze, with twenty stars; but, except with Secchi, who included it as Gatto in his planisphere of 1878, it has long been discontinued in the catalogues and charts. [3]
References
- SkyEye: Felis
- Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.41-42.
- Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.220-221.