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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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Grus
Grus is a southern constellation whose name is Latin for 'crane.' Petrus Plancius introduced it on a celestial globe in 1598, and Johann Bayer included it in the 1603 star atlas Uranometria, helping establish it among the southern constellations recognized in early modern European star maps. The star Alnair, also designated Alpha Gruis, is a blue-white star that serves as a principal marker for th...
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