Abbreviation: | PsG |
Genitive: | Psalterii Georgii |
Origin: | Maximilian Hell, 1789 |
Hungarian astronomer Maximilian Hell (1720–1792) created this constellation to honour George Ⅲ of Great Britain, the patron of William Herschel who had recently discovered the planet Uranus. It is located between Taurus and Eridanus.