Globus Aerostaticus

Globus Aerostaticus (Latin for hot air balloon) or Ballon Aerostatique (the French equivalent) was a constellation created by Jérôme Lalande in 1798.

It lay between the constellations Piscis Austrinus, Capricornus and Microscopium.

[1] The constellation was created to honor the invention of the Montgolfier brothers, who launched the first hot air balloon in the late eighteenth century.

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Ballon Aerostatique can be seen, in part, at the bottom right of this 1825 star chart from Urania's Mirror .