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Columba



Abbreviation: Col
Genitive: Columbae
Right Ascension: 5.76 hours
Declination: -35.29 degrees
  Columbia, Noah's dove, was first formally published in 1679 by Royer, it appeared some 76 years earlier in Bayer's plate of Canis Major and in his text as recentioribus Columbia. Columbia did not appear in Bartschius, or by Tycho, Hevelius or even Flamsteed. The constellation refers to the dove released several times during the voyage after the great flood to find land, it was this dove that returned with an olive branch in its beak, indicating dry land had been found.
  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
PHACT 5.00:39.00:38.94 -34.00:4.00:27.01 2.64
WAZN 5.00:50.00:57.59 -35.00:46.00:6.19 3.12
ETA COL 5.00:59.00:8.80 -42.00:48.00:54.83 3.96
GAM COL 5.00:57.00:32.21 -35.00:16.00:59.91 4.36
KAP COL 6.00:16.00:33.12 -35.00:8.00:26.01 4.37
OMI COL 5.00:17.00:29.07 -34.00:53.00:42.88 4.83
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
NGC 1808 05 07.7 -37 30 GALXY 09.9 358 19
NGC 1851 05 14.1 -40 03 GLOCL 07.3 393 19
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
SW Col 5.00:21.00:44.90 -39.00:43.00:26.00 LB: 0.34 5.71
SX Col 6.00:29.00:50.90 -36.00:54.00:15.00 LB: 0.13 6.28
TW Col 5.00:59.00:19.30 -42.00:52.00:14.00 ACV 0.03 7.00
lam Col 5.00:51.00:18.00 -33.00:48.00:54.00 ELL: 4.92 4.85
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
DUN 22 05 31.2 -42 18 7.5, 8.0 7.20 169 19 393
DUN 28 06 24.1 -36 42 5.7, 6.9 64.80 72 19 360
HJ 3858 06 25.5 -35 03 6.2, 7.3 132.30 48 19 360
DUN 29 06 29.1 -40 22 7.4, 7.8 65.90 113 19 360/ 394
BU 755 06 35.4 -36 46 6.0, 6.8 1.50 258 19 360