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Old 11-07-2018, 09:49 AM
N1 (Mirko)
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Originally Posted by gary View Post
Mensa, Leo Minor & Sextans are alive and well and are three on the official
IAU list of 88 constellations.

https://www.iau.org/public/themes/constellations/

Yup, and so are Antlia & Fornax. And it's not like, that info is hard to find...


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Originally Posted by skysurfer View Post

And another strange thing: Canopus lies in the part of former "Argo Navis" which is actually Vela, so why is it called alpha Carinae and not alpha Velorum ?

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Originally Posted by skysurfer View Post
Exactly, but Canopus lies very close to the Puppis (not Vela as I mentioned in my OP) border.

Mate, not a chance until Polaris becomes Alpha Cephei
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