Before that, it was called Apes (plural of Apis, Latin for bee) by Petrus Plancius when he created it in 1612.
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Subsequent astronomers renamed it into "Musca Borealis", to distinguish it from the southern fly, Musca Australis.
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The Southern Fly, Musca Australis, is now simply known as Musca.
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In 1679 Augustin Royer used these stars for his constellation Lilium (the Lily, representing the fleur-de-lis and in honour of his patron, King Louis XIV).
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