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English: In illustrations, the brightest stars of Aquarius are represented as the figure of a man, while the fainter naked eye stars are represented as a vessel from which is pouring a stream of water. The water flows southwards into the mouth of the southern fish, Piscis Austrinus.
Date Originally uploaded to en.wikipedia in May 2009 (file log)
Source From Urania's Mirror, a set of 32 constellation cards pùblished by Samuel Leigh of the Strand, London c. 1825.
Author The Royal Astronomical Society in London established that the true author was almost certainly Richard Rouse Bloxam of Rugby (Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol 104, p. 238, 1994).
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