Below Lepus, we find Columbia, a star pattern not among the original 48 constellations usually attributed to the ancients. Its origin is uncertain, but in most of the older star atlases it appears ...

Columba the Dove, pictured here ... Bayer was the first to use Greek letters to designate stars in constellations. In all but a few cases he labeled the brightest star in the constellation ...

Noah’s Dove Below Lepus, we find Columba, a star pattern not among the original 48 constellations usually attributed to the ancients. Its origin is uncertain, but in most of the older star ...

It indeed does appear as a full-blown dove with olive branch in many of the old star atlases. Interestingly, just to the east of Columba is the constellation of Puppis, which represents the stern ...

It indeed does appear as a full-blown dove with olive branch in many of the old star atlases. Interestingly, just to the east of Columba is the constellation of Puppis, which represents the stern ...