Psalterium Georgii (also Harpa Georgii) (

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for ''George's harp'') was a

constellation A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object. The first constellati ...

created by

Maximilian Hell Maximilian Hell () (born Rudolf Maximilian Höll; May 15, 1720 – April 14, 1792) was an astronomer and an ordained Jesuit priest from the Kingdom of Hungary. The lunar crater Hell is named after him. Biography Born as Rudolf Maximilian Höl ...

in 1789 to honor

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. Johann ‍Bode ‍depicted ‍the ‍constellation ‍on ‍his ‍‍''Uranographia'' ‍atlas ‍of ‍1801 under the name ‍Harpa ‍Georgii. It was created from stars in northern Eridanus and was next to the constellation

Taurus Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to: * Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign ** Vṛṣabha, in vedic astrology * Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological ch ...

, and included

10 Tauri 10 Tauri is a single star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It can be seen with the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 4.29. An annual parallax shift of 71.62 mas provides a distance estimate of 45.5 light y ...

. It is no longer in use.

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's ''Star Tales''
Harpa Georgii

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