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| Fornax The Furnace |
A small, inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky. It was introduced in the mid-eighteenth century by Nicolas L. de Lacaille with the longer name, Fornax Chemica - the chemical furnace. None of its stars are brighter than fourth magnitude.
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