Officina Typographica, the printing office:
An obscure constellation created by Johann Ehlert Bode during the
late eighteenth century. It was another constellation that was made
in order to honor one of the machines used to create scientific
advancements, the printing press. Officina Typographica appeared
on a least one other star atlas, but was quickly forgotten by astronomers.
It was located in a section of the sky just east of the bright constellation
of Canis Major, the great dog. This spot is officially recognized
as the location of the constellation of Monoceros, the unicorn.
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