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23b. Comparison of the Argo region in Johann Rost, Atlas portatalis coelestis, 1723 (left), and Johannes Hevelius, Firmamentum Sobiescianum, 1690 (right)

It should be pointed out that the Rost image of Argo is about 8 cm square, while the Hevelius image is about four times as large.