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(The Dove) |
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| South of Lepus and Orion, Columba the Dove is a fairly bright constellation. It was invented by a Dutch theologian called Petrus Plancius in the 16th century. | |||||||
| NGC 1808: | |||||||
| A raging cauldron of star forming activity at a distance of 40 million light years away, this galaxy has been extensively scrutinised by the Hubble Space Telescope. It is possibly being distorted by a nearby galaxy, NGC 1792. | |||||||
| NGC 2090: | |||||||
| A faint magnitude 12 galaxy, the core is the brightest part with a old stellar population. The gaseous appearing spiral arms contain mainly young stars possibly because of a high rate of star formation. | |||||||
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Circinus |
Coma Berenices | ||||||