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THE MINOR CONSTELLATIONS
Argo Navis The Ship Argo
Camelopardalis The Giraffe
Columba Noæ Noah's Dove
Coma Berenices Berenice's Hair
Lacerta The Lizard
Leo Minor The Lesser Lion
Lynx The Lynx
Monoceros The Unicorn
Sagitta The Arrow
Sextans The Sextant
Scutum Sobiescanum Sobieski's Shield
Triangulum The Triangle
Vulpecula cum Ansere The Fox with the Goose.
Argo Navis
The Ship Argo
Against the tail of the Great Dog is dragged
Sternward the Argo, with no usual course
But motion contrary.
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So sternward labours the Jasonian Argo
Obscure in parts and starless, as from prow
To mast, but other portions blaze with light.
Frothingham's Aratos. 

Argo can hardly be called a minor constellation, and owes its place under such a heading to the fact that in these latitudes but a very small part of it is visible, so that only a brief reference to it is necessary.

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