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See also:AQUARIUS (the " See also:Water-See also:bearer " or " See also:Cup-bearer ") , in See also:astronomy, the See also:eleventh sign of the See also:zodiac (q.v.), situated between See also:Capricornus and See also:Pisces . Its See also:symbol is =, representing See also:part of a stream of See also:water, probably in allusion to the fact that when the See also:sun is in this part of the heavens (See also:January, See also:February) the See also:weather is See also:rainy . It is also a See also:constellation mentioned by See also:Eudoxus (4th See also:century B.C.) and See also:Aratus (3rd century s.c.); See also:Ptolemy catalogued See also:forty-five stars, Tycho See also:Brahe forty-one, See also:Hevelius forty-seven . See also:Aquarii is a well-defined binary, having both components of the See also:fourth magnitude; it is probably of See also:long See also:period . |
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