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Columba
Columba is a small constellation in the southern sky depicting a dove, created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in 1592 from stars near Canis Major and included in Johann Bayer's 1603 star atlas Uranometria. It is sometimes named Columba Noae, Noah's dove from the biblical flood story. Its brightest star is Phact, Alpha Columbae, and a notable deep-sky object within its borders is the globular...
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Cygnus
Stretching along the Milky Way in the northern sky, Cygnus represents a swan in the classical constellation tradition. Its main stars also form the recognizable Northern Cross pattern. Deneb, marking the swan's tail, is one of the three stars of the Summer Triangle, a larger pattern that spans several constellations. Greek astronomers knew Cygnus, and Ptolemy included it in his catalog in the seco...
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