Fornax
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Abbreviation	For
Genitive	Fornacis
Symbology	the furnace
Right ascension	? h
Declination	?°
Area	398 sq. deg. Ranked 41st
Number of stars (magnitude < 3)	None
Brightest star	α For (App. magnitude 3.87)
Meteor showers	None The genitive case is a grammatical case that indicates a relationship, primarily one of possession, between the noun in the genitive case and another noun. ... Right ascension (RA; symbol α: Greek letter alpha) is the astronomical term for one of the two coordinates of a point on the celestial sphere when using the equatorial coordinate system. ... In astronomy declination (dec) is one of the two coordinates of the equatorial coordinate system, the other being either right ascension or hour angle. ... Here is a list of the 88 modern constellations by their area in the sky, measured in square degrees. ... 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. ... 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. ... Categories: Planetology | Astronomy stubs ...
Bordering constellations	Cetus Sculptor Phoenix Eridanus
Visible at latitudes between +?° and −?° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of December

Fornax (Latin for furnace) is a southern constellation which was first introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille under the name Fornax Chemica (Latin for chemical furnace). The Fornax Dwarf galaxy lies in Fornax. Cetus (a name from Greek mythology, referring to a Whale or Sea monster) is a constellation of the southern sky, in the region known as the Water, near other watery constellations like Aquarius, Pisces, and Eridanus. ... Categories: Astronomy stubs | Modern constellations | Constellations | Sculptor constellation ... Categories: Astronomy stubs | Modern constellations | Constellations ... Eridanus is the sixth largest of the 88 modern constellations. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... A furnace is a device for heating air or any other fluid. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (March 15, 1713–March 21, 1762) was a French astronomer. ... A chemical substance is any material substance used in or obtained by a process in chemistry: A chemical compound is a substance consisting of two or more chemical elements that are chemically combined in fixed proportions. ...

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field is located within the constellation. This snapshot of the HUDF includes galaxies of various ages, sizes, shapes, and colors. ...

At a meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society in Britain, a team from University of Queensland described 40 unknown "dwarf" galaxies in this constellation.

They also described Fornax as being "on Earth's doorstep".

Follow-up observations with the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope revealed that Ultra Compact Dwarfs are much smaller than previously known dwarf galaxies, about 120 light years across.

"Tens of millions of stars are squashed into what is a tiny volume by galaxy standards," the observatory said in a statement.

Mythology

Fornax, in Roman mythology, was the goddess of bread and baking, although this has nothing to do with the constellation (fornax is just the Roman word for furnace), as the constellation was created in 1763. Roman mythology can be considered as two parts. ...

Stars

Stars with proper names:

• Fornacis (α For) 3.80

Stars with Bayer designations:

β For 4.45; γ¹ For 6.14; γ² For 5.39; δ For 4.99; ε For 5.88; ζ For 5.69; η¹ For 6.51; η² For 5.92; η³ For 5.48; ι¹ For 5.74; ι² For 5.84; κ For 5.19; λ¹ For 5.91; λ² For 5.78; μ For 5.27; ν For 4.68; π For 5.34; ρ For 5.52; σ For 5.91; τ For 6.01; χ¹ For 6.39; χ² For 5.71; χ³ For 6.49; φ For 5.13; ψ For 5.93; ω For 4.96

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