Columba (constellation)
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| Abbreviation: | Col |
| Genitive: | Columbae |
| Symbology: | Dove |
| Right ascension: | 6 h |
| Declination: | −35° |
| Area: | 270 sq. deg. (54th) |
| Main stars: | 4 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars: | |
| Stars with known planets: | 0, 0, 1 |
| Bright stars: | 1 |
| Nearby stars: | 1 |
| Brightest star: | α Col (Phact) (2.6m) |
| Nearest star: | β Col (Wezn) (86 ly ly) |
| Messier objects: | 0 |
| Meteor showers: | None |
| Bordering constellations: | Lepus Caelum Pictor Puppis Canis Major |
| Visible at latitudes between +45° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of February |
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Columba (IPA: /kə(ʊ)ˈlʌmbə/, Latin: dove), is a small constellation just south of Canis Major and Lepus; it was cut out of the constellation Canis Major by Augustin Royer, in 1679.
Before being designated as a full constellation, Columba Noachi was already to be seen as an asterism in Bayers Uranometria of 1603[1]. This of course refers to the Torah's and Bible's Dove of Noah that was the first bird to find land after the Deluge.
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The constellation is rather inconspicuous, the brightest star α Columbae having the magnitude of 2.65m. The constellation contains the runaway star μ Columbae, which was probably expelled from the ι Orionis system.
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