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    Mensa is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere near the south celestial pole, one of fourteen constellations drawn up in the 18th century...
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  • quotient (IQ) Mensa (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname Mensa (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky Mensa (ecclesiastical)...
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    only terrestrial feature to give its name to a constellation: Mensa, meaning The Table. The constellation is seen in the Southern Hemisphere, below Orion...
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    Dorado (redirect from Dorado constellation)
    Cloud, the remainder being in the constellation Mensa. The South Ecliptic pole also lies within this constellation. Even though the name Dorado is not...
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    contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Each constellation is a region of the sky bordered...
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    reduced to Scutum, Mons Mensae to Mensa, and Apparatus Sculptoris to Sculptor. Some of the Northern Sky's former constellations were placed in the less populated...
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  • the list of notable stars in the constellation Mensa, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation "Australia". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved...
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    N103B (category Mensa (constellation))
    accepted to be a Type Ia supernova. It is within the boundaries of the constellation Mensa. The orange-red filaments visible in the image show the shock fronts...
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    Large Magellanic Cloud (category Mensa (constellation))
    the Earth and from as far north as 20° N. It straddles the constellations Dorado and Mensa and has an apparent length of about 10° to the naked eye, 20...
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  • American television series Men.com, a gay pornographic website Mensa (constellation), a constellation in the southern sky (by IAU abbreviation) Chinese for the...
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    comprises 12 of the 13 constellations introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1756 to represent scientific instruments, together with Mensa, which commemorates...
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  • Mensa Select is an annual award given by American Mensa since 1990 to five board games that are "original, challenging and well designed". The awards...
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    Crux (redirect from Crux constellation)
    Crux (/krʌks/) is a constellation of the southern sky that is centred on four bright stars in a cross-shaped asterism commonly known as the Southern Cross...
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    Octans (redirect from Octans constellation)
    Octans (/ˈɒktænz/) is a faint constellation located in the deep Southern Sky. Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after...
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    Volans (redirect from Volans constellation)
    Volans is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents a flying fish; its name is a shortened form of its original name, Piscis Volans. Volans was...
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  • Magellanic Stream (category Mensa (constellation))
    Intergalactic high-velocity cloud Observation data (Epoch J2000.0) Constellation Dorado, Mensa, Sculptor  Right ascension 00h 32m Declination −30.0° [edit on...
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    NGC 2144 (category Mensa (constellation))
    NGC 2144 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Mensa in the southern hemisphere. It was first discovered and observed by John Louis Emil Dreyer...
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  • (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided...
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    lying in its background. The exception is Mensa, named for the Table Mountain. While parts of the constellation technically rise above the horizon to observers...
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    Chamaeleon (/kəˈmiːliən/) is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a kind of lizard. It was first defined in...
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    NGC 2122 (category Mensa (constellation))
    from the original on 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2007-04-04. "Finding the constellation which contains given sky coordinates". djm.cc. 2 August 2008. "NGC 2122"...
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    Beta Mensae (category Mensa (constellation))
    Mensae, Latinized from β Mensae, is the third-brightest star in the constellation of Mensa. Despite this, it is only faintly visible to the naked eye, appearing...
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    Alpha Mensae (category Mensa (constellation))
    Men) is the brightest star in the constellation Mensa. At a magnitude of 5.09, it is the dimmest lucida (a constellation's brightest star) in the sky. Due...
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    NGC 2012 (category Mensa (constellation))
    NGC 2012 is a large spiral galaxy in the Constellation Mensa. It was discovered by John Herschel in 1836. With its distance from the Earth being over...
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    The International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates 88 constellations of stars. In the table below, they are ranked by the solid angle that they subtend...
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  • Pi Mensae (category Mensa (constellation))
    (π Men), also known as HD 39091, is a yellow dwarf star in the constellation of Mensa. This star has a high proper motion. The apparent magnitude is 5...
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    Antlia (redirect from Antlia constellation)
    Antlia (/ˈæntliə/; from Ancient Greek ἀντλία) is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Its name means "pump" in Latin and Greek; it represents...
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  • HD 268835 (category Mensa (constellation))
    HD 268835 Observation data Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000 Constellation Mensa Right ascension 04h 56m 47.0791s Declination −69° 50′ 24.792″ Apparent magnitude (V)...
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    Hydrus (redirect from Hydrus constellation)
    Hydrus /ˈhaɪdrəs/ is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations...
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    Pyxis (redirect from Pyxis constellation)
    Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (contrasting with...
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