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Puppis
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Puppis ("stern") is a constellation in the southern sky. It was originally part of the traditional constellation of Argo Navis (Argo is the ship of Jason and the Argonauts), which was divided into three parts, the other two being Carina (the keel and hull), and Vela (the sails). Puppis is the largest of the three constellations in square degrees. It is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
Puppis is a constellation in the southern sky that represents the stern (back) of a mythical ship from the ancient Greek story of Jason and the Argonauts. It's one of three constellations created when the original large constellation Argo Navis was divided up, and it's the largest of these three parts as measured in the sky.
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Key facts
- Constellation.name
- Puppis
- Constellation.abbreviation
- Pup
- Constellation.genitive
- Puppis
- Constellation.pronounce
- , genitive the same
- Constellation.symbolism
- the Poop Deck
- Constellation.family
- Heavenly Waters
- Constellation.quadrant
- SQ2
- Constellation.areatotal
- 673
- Constellation.arearank
- 20th
- Constellation.numbermainstars
- 9
- Constellation.numberbfstars
- 76
- Constellation.numberbrightstars
- 1
- Constellation.numbernearbystars
- 4
- Constellation.brighteststarname
- ζ Pup (Naos)
- Constellation.starmagnitude
- 2.25
- Constellation.neareststarname
- 2MASS J0729−3954
- Constellation.stardistancely
- 25.82
- Constellation.stardistancepc
- 7.92
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- Instance of
- constellation
- Named after
- Argo
- Official name
- Puppis
- Area
- 673
- Shares border with
- Carina
- Child body
- Pi Puppids
- Image
- PuppisCC.jpg
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- time of discovery or invention
- 1763-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
- Commons category
- Puppis (constellation)
- topic's main category
- Category:Puppis
- Commons gallery
- Puppis
- short name
- Pup
- topic has template
- Template:Stars of Puppis
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Puppis ("stern") is a constellation in the southern sky. It was originally part of the traditional constellation of Argo Navis (Argo is the ship of Jason and the Argonauts), which was divided into three parts, the other two being Carina (the keel and hull), and Vela (the sails). Puppis is the largest of the three constellations in square degrees. It is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union.
==History==
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