Sigma Columbae is a yellow-white giant star in the constellation Columba. It has an apparent magnitude of approximately 5.526.
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Sigma Columbae
Astronomy
Constellation
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...
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