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Definition of Puppis
1. Noun. A constellation in the southern hemisphere between Vela and Canis Major that shaped like the stern of a boat.
Definition of Puppis
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble the stern of a ship. Until 1763, it was part of a larger constellation, Argo Navis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Puppis
Literary usage of Puppis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"puppis. Syrius and Vega, and characterized by the great intensity of the hydrogen
lines. Class A.— Hydrogen stars, represented by Class F.— Calcium stars, ..."
2. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by William Ramsay (1894)
"... which will serve to explain the relative position of the different parts
described above. aa, Alveus : bb, Prora ; ce, puppis ; rf, Gubernaculum ; e, ..."
3. The System of the Stars by Agnes Mary Clerke (1905)
"One such is found in V puppis, the light-curve of which, as drawn by Mr. AW ...
Already, in 1895, V puppis was ascertained by Professor Pickering to be a ..."
4. The Henry Draper Catalogby Annie Jump Cannon, Edward Charles Pickering by Annie Jump Cannon, Edward Charles Pickering (1919)
"S puppis. Considered by Gould to be variable within the limits 7.2 and 9.0 ...
63462. о puppis. H/3 and Ну are bright and superposed on very wide dark bands ..."
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