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Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Microscope Constellation

I love reading interesting articles, so every day I'm getting news about world’s events and high tech discoveries. The news vary from political, cultural, economical, health, etc. Sometimes if I think that there is something interesting you would like to know, I'm telling it to you. Earlier this morning I read interesting acts about microscope. I'm sure that each of you knows that microscope is an optical instrument that augments the power of the eye to see small objects. The invention of this instrument brought so much light into today's world of medicine, that it's hard to discribe it's value...I'd say it's priceless.. But have you ever heard that microscope isn't only an instrument, but is also ....a.... CONSTELLATION. Did you ever know this? It was a big surprise for me when I read this. Anyway, miscroscope is a constellation, which is also known as Microscopium (Mic), it doesn't have bright stars, so you'll need to use a "microscope" to be able to see them. It was formed in 1752 by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille – explorer of the south night sky...

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