: a southern constellation that is visible between the constellations of Canis Major and Vela and that is represented by the figure of the deck of a ship
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For Southern Hemisphere observers, January is when Puppis, Carina and Vela, the three constellations that make up the ship (connected to the Argo, the famous ship of Jason and the Argonauts) are prominent, rising in the southeast as the sky gets dark.
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Jesse Emspak, Space.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Puppis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Puppis. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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