Celestial Atlas
Quadrans Muralis: The Mural Quadrant

(obsolete)

     Quadrans Muralis, or the Mural Quadrant, is an obsolete constellation which was located between Draco and Bootes. It is primarily of interest today because a meteor shower (the Quadrantids) is named after it.
     A mural quadrant is a device mounted parallel to the celestial meridian, to accurately observe the altitudes of stars. An illustration of Tycho Brahe's mural quadrant is shown below.


Watercolored version of very old woodcut

Map of Quadrans Muralis
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger