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Fornax.

A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.

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  1. A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.

  2. A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.

  3. The Roman goddess of ovens.

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

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