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Originally Posted by mickoking
Some dont even have an alpha eg Puppis and Vela.
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That's because in 1754 Lacaille broke up the wonderfully romantic and impressively hugh constellation of Argo Navis into the insignificant remnants of Vela, Puppis, Pyxis and Carina. The alpha star of this constellation is Canopus.
I am still rather cut about it.
