Alpha Columbae (α Col / α Columbae) is a star in the constellationColumba. It also has the traditional name Phact. STAR is an acronym for: Solenoidal Tracker At RHIC, one of the four detectors at the RHIC Special Tactics and Response, a synonym of SWAT Special Tasks and Rescue, a synonym of SWAT Standard Terminal Arrival Route, the route that planes follow under IFR when they approach an airport Shock...-1... Columba, Latin for dove, is a small constellation just south to Canis Major and Lepus, it was cut out of the constellation Canis Major by Augustin Royer, in 1679. ...
It has a magnitude of approximately 2.6. The apparent magnitude (m) of a star, planet or other heavenly body is a measure of its apparent brightness; that is, the amount of light received from the object. ...
Columba lies behind Argo Navis, the ship, which Plancius later renamed Noah’s Ark on a globe of 1613.
Columba is supposed to represent Noah’s dove, sent out from the Ark to find dry land, and which returned with an olive branch in its beak, a sign that the Flood was at last subsiding.
Columba with an olive branch in its beak as shown in the Uranographia of Johann Bode.
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