Fornax
See also: fornax
English
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editNamed by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica, From the Latin for "chemical furnace".
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editFornax
- (astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
- (astronomy) A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
- (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of ovens.
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