Columba, the Dove, is outlined principally by the triangle of stars
at the center of the picture. Phact, the Alpha star, is at the top
of the triangle; Wazn (Beta) is the brighter of those down and to the
left. At far left center, find Delta. The "runaway star" Mu Col is diagonally
up and to the left of Phact. The constellation can be found below
Orion and to
the west of Puppis. The bright star
just above Delta at the left is Furud, the Zeta star of Canis Major.
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