The Air Pump
Antlia
Genitive: Antliae · abbreviation Ant
Best evening month
April
Visible from
90°S to 54°N
Centre RA
10h 24m 00s
Centre Dec
−36° 00′
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Mythology & origin
Named for the air pump invented by Denis Papin and refined by Robert Boyle — one of Lacaille's tributes to the instruments of the Enlightenment.
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille · 1756