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  Dorado

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  Phoenix

  Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the Phoenix, a mythical bird. It is faint; there are only two stars in the whole constellation which are brighter than magnitude 5.0. Alpha Phoenicis is named Ankaa, an Arabic word meaning 'the boat'. The constellation...
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  Hydrus

  Hydrus is a small constellation in the southern sky, created in the sixteenth century. Its name means "male water snake", and it should not be confused with Hydra, a much larger constellation which represents a female water snake. Hydrus was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius...
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  Tucana

  Tucana is a constellation in the southern sky, created in the sixteenth century. Its name is Latin for the toucan, a South American bird. The constellation was one of twelve created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on...
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  Grus

  Grus is constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the crane, a species of bird. It was introduced in the sixteenth century. The stars that form Grus were originally considered part of Piscis Austrinus (the southern fish), and the Arabic names of many of its stars reflect this...
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  Reticulum

  Reticulum, the Net, is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the reticle—a net of crosshairs at the focus of a telescope eyepiece that is used to measure star positions. This constellation is best viewed between October and December, but can not be seen from mid...
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  Sculptor

  Sculptor is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. It represents a sculptor. It was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the eighteenth century. He originally named it Apparatus Sculptoris (the sculptor's studio), but the name was later shortened. No bright stars brighter than...
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  Taurus

  Taurus is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for bull, and its symbol is (Unicode ♉), a stylized bull's head. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky, between Aries to the west and Gemini to the east; to the north lie Perseus...
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  Gemini

  Gemini is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Its name is Latin for "twins", and it is associated with the twins Castor and Pollux in Greek mythology. Its symbol is (Unicode ♊). It lies between Taurus to the west and the dim Cancer to the east, with Auriga and Lynx to the north and Monoceros...
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  Columba

  Columba is a small, faint constellation created in the late sixteenth century. Its name is Latin for dove. It is located just south of Canis Major and Lepus. Columba was created by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius in 1592 in order to differentiate the 'unformed stars' of the large constellation...