Columba

Also known as Col, Columbae, Columba Noæ, Columba Noachi, the Dove

constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

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Columba is a constellation located in the southern sky that is visible from Earth's Southern Hemisphere. It was designated as an official constellation and remains part of the recognized star patterns used by astronomers and stargazers to map and navigate the night sky.

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Instance of: constellation
Part of: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Named after: Genesis flood narrative
Official name: Columba
Area: 270
Shares border with: Canis Major
Image: Constellation Columba.jpg

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Commons category: Columba (constellation)
topic's main category: Category:Columba (constellation)
Commons gallery: Columba (constellation)
short name: Col
discoverer or inventor: Petrus Plancius
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

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Columba is a faint constellation designated in the late sixteenth century, remaining in official use, with its rigid limits set in the 20th century. Its name is Latin for dove. It takes up 1.31% of the southern celestial hemisphere and is just south of Canis Major and Lepus.

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Columba

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