The Voltaic Battery is the canceled constellation of the northern hemisphere of the sky. Proposed by Thomas Jung in 1806 , in honor of the galvanic cell , which 7 years earlier (in 1799) invented Alessandro Volta . The constellation was between Dolphin , Little Horse and Pegasus .
The constellation was not popular among astronomers . It is not in the modern official list of constellations compiled by the International Astronomical Union .
Not to be confused with the Electric Machine , another canceled constellation (proposed by Bode in 1801).
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- Voltova Battery † . Astromif Date of treatment October 20, 2012. Archived October 23, 2012.
- Vladimir Surdin. Exploration of distant planets . - 2013. - S. 45. - ISBN 5457347117 .