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| IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) |
| Columba |
| The Dove |
| Origin | Plancius |
| Abbreviation | Col |
| Genitive | Columbae |
| Pronunciation | /kəˈlʌmbə/
genitive /kəˈlʌmbiː/ |
| cuh-LUM-buh |
| Location | Southern Hemisphere |
| Primary Star | Phact (α Col) |
| Right Ascention 5h 40m Declination -34° 04' |
| Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.163 h (9.8 min) |
| Sixteenth-century Dutch theologian and mapmaker Petrus Plancius formed Columba, “The Dove”, to represent the Dove sent out by Noah from the Ark to find dry land. The dove came back with an olive branch held in its beak, a sign that the great flood was subsiding. |
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