Microscopium

See also: microscopium

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Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from later Latin microscopium (“microscope”).

Proper noun

Microscopium

1. (astronomy) A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.

Derived terms

• Microscopii

Translations

faint constellation of the southern spring sky

Chinese: Mandarin: 顯微鏡座 / 显微镜座 (zh) (Xiǎnwēijìngzuò) Finnish: Mikroskooppi (fi) French: Microscope (fr) m Galician: Microscopio (gl) German: Mikroskop (de) n Irish: an Micreascóp m Kazakh: Микроскоп (Mikroskop) Malay: Mikroskop Polish: Mikroskop (pl) m Russian: Микроскоп (Mikroskop) Spanish: Microscopium