Columba
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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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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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