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The ancient constellation of Argo Navis, the Ship of Argo, was split up by astronomers at the end of the nineteenth century into Puppis, the Poop Deck, Vela, the Sail, and Carina, the Keel. These three constellations straddle a very rich piece of the Milky Way.
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Chadwick, S., Cooper, I. (2012). The Ship of Argo. In: Imaging the Southern Sky. Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4750-4_3
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