Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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A small southern constellation introduced by Nicolas L. de Lacaille in the mid-eighteenth century. Its two brightest stars are of third magnitude.
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