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 COLUMBA NOACHI (co-lum'-bä nō-ä'-ki)—NOAH'S DOVE. (Face South.)

—Columba is situated just south of ../Lepus/. A line drawn from Rigel, in ../Orion/, to (β) Leporis, and prolonged as far again, ends near (α) and (β), the two brightest stars in Columba.

A line drawn from the easternmost star in the belt of Orion, 32 degrees directly south, will point out Phaet, in Columba. It makes with Sirius, in ../Canis Major/, and Naos, in the Ship, a large equilateral triangle.

The star (β) Columbæ may be known by means of a smaller star just east of it, marked (γ).

With binoculars a rude rectangle can be seen. Its position is traced in dotted lines on the diagram. 102