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Chithunzi cha tsikulo

Monoceros ndi gulu la nyenyezi lofowoka lomwe lili pa equator yakumwamba, yosaoneka mosavuta ndi maso. Dzina lake ndi Greek kutanthauza 'unicorn'. Gulu la nyenyezili limati linalembedwa ndi wojambula zithunzi wachidatchi wa m’zaka za m’ma 1700 Petrus Plancius. Kuchokera kumpoto, kumalire ndi Gemini, Orion, Lepus, Canis Major, Agalu ndi Hydra

Fanizoli ndi mbale 31 ya Kalilore wa Urania, makadi 32 a tchati cha nyenyezi zakuthambo ojambulidwa ndi Sidney Hall ndipo adasindikizidwa koyamba mu 1824. Monoceros akuwonetsedwa pano ngati unicorn wodumphadumpha, wokwera ndi galu wamng'ono wa Cani Minor. Pansi pa unicorn pali "Atelier Typographique", gulu la nyenyezi losatha kuyimira makina osindikizira omwe adalowetsedwa mwa Agalu. Mirror ya Urania poyambirira idalengezedwa kuti ili ndi "magulu onse a nyenyezi omwe amawonekera mu Ufumu wa Britain", koma sizinali choncho, monga momwe magulu ena a nyenyezi akumwera akusowa. Kope loyamba linasonyeza nyenyezi zokha m’magulu a nyenyezi osonyezedwawo, ndipo nyenyezi zowazungulira sizinatchulidwe; fanizoli likuchokera m’kope lachiŵiri ndipo lili ndi nyenyezi zozungulira.Lithograph credit: Sidney Hall; restored by Adam Cuerden