ORDER ANSERIFORMES
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Family Anseranatidae: the Magpie-goose
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ANSER (Alpha Vulpeculae). Tucked in between Albireo in Cygnus and the ancient constellation Sagitta is the little modern constellation Vulpecula, the Fox.
Anser (Alpha Vul)
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A constellation introduced in 1687 by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius, who depicted it as a double figure of a fox, Vulpecula, carrying in its jaws a goose, spelt both as Anser and Ansere.
He originally named it Vulpecula et Anser ("the little fox and the goose") and depicted it as a fox holding a goose in its jaws. The Fox and the Goose were then split into separate constellations and later reunited into a single one again.
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Vulpecula (the Fox) is a faint constellation created by Johannes Hevelius, who called it Vulpecula cum Anser, the Fox and Goose. Anser is the only named star in an otherwise undistinguished part of the sky.
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The Polish astronomer Johannes [Jan] Hevelius (1611-87) originally named this constellation as Vulpecula cum Ansere or "the Fox and the Goose.
The constellation was originally called Vulpecula cum Anser, The Fox and Goose. This is a rather faint constellation, with most stars of the fourth and fifth magnitude. There is only one Bayer star.
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Other astronomers, such as Kepler and Riccioli, called it Anser Americanus (the American Goose), but it was the Latinized form of Bayer's designation that stood the test of time.
Prominent bright red giants in the night sky include Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri), Gamma Crucis and Alpha Vulpeculae (Lucida Anseris).
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Lanx Australis Beta Librae
La Superba Y Canum Venaticorum
Lesath Upsilon Scorpii
Lucida Alpha Monocerotis
Lucida Anseris Alpha Vulpeculae ...
Although Vulpecula is not a very bright constellation it is an interesting one.
According to The night sky (Ian Ridpath) this constellation was originally known as Vulpecula cum Anser: the Fox and the Goose.
 See also: Star, Vulpecula, Degree, Sky, Constellation
  
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