| The Constellation
Reticulum |
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Mythology and History |  |
 | The Reticle or Net. |
| Reticulum was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the mid 1700's, meant to commemorate the reticle, an instrument used by Lacaille to measure star positions. He originally called this group of stars the Reticulum Rhomboidalis. A reticle is a grid or system of lines in an eyepiece that helped in centering of focusing instruments, such as a sextant, on a particular object. |
