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[โ€“] starman@programming.dev 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Actually it was not removed. It just wasn't on the ecliptic plane before standardisation in 1930.

Constellations on sky change from time to time thanks to axial precession.

[โ€“] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

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