Columba

Columba star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was created by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

de Houtman (1603) "de duyve met den olijftack", the "Dove with a Branch of the Olive Tree". screenshot of star catalogue.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Columba in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)