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DELPHINUS (" THE DOLPHIN ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 975 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DELPHINUS (" THE See also:DOLPHIN ") , in See also:astronomy, a See also:constellation of the See also:northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:Eudoxus (4th See also:century B.C.) and See also:Aratus (3rd century B.C.); and catalogued by See also:Ptolemy (10 stars), Tycho See also:Brahe (to stars), and See also:Hevelius (14 stars). y Delphini is a See also:double See also:star: a yellowish of magnitude 4, and a bluish of magnitude 5.

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