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Puppis

The Stern, The Poop

Constellation of the southern sky

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Genitive	Puppis
Abbreviation	Pup
Constellation Family	Heavenly Waters
Celestial Quadrant	SQ2
Right Ascension	06h02 to 08h26
Declination	-11.0° to -50.8°
Area (sq deg)	673
Brightest Star	Naos
Optimum Visibility	January

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One of the three constellations (the others being Carina and Vela) that originally made up the gigantic star-group known as Argo Navis. This region of the sky contains a number of distant star clusters.

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