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| English name | Furnace | ||||
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| Major stars | No star of the constellation exceeds the magnitude 3,5. | ||||
| Description | Very weak constellation, largely wounded by Eridanus. It doesn't contain interesting objects, besides many galaxies which however are very weak and difficult to see. | ||||
| Mythology and history | The constellation was drawn by Nicolas Louis de La Caille in 1756. In the atlas of Johann Bode it is marked with the name of Apparatus Chemicus. | ||||
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