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Genitive	Delphini
Abbreviation	Del
Right Ascension	20h38 to 20h48
Declination	+14° 40' to +16° 12'
Area (sq deg)	1.6
Brightest Star	Rotanev
Optimum Visibility	August
Notes	A diamond-shaped pattern formed by the four brightest stars in the constellation of Delphinus, the Dolphin. The names of the two brightest stars of the Coffin, Rotanev and Sualocin, spell out in reverse Nicolaus Venator, the Latinised name of an assistant astronomer who inserted himself into a star catalogue of 1814.

The name given to a small but well-defined rhombus of stars in the constellation Delphinus. The four stars making up the Coffin are Sualocin, Rotanev, Delta and Gamma Delphini.

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