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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
2. 2
   A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
3. 3
   The Roman goddess of ovens. Roman

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica, From the Latin for "chemical furnace".

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