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Sailing with the argonauts

Last issue we began our discussion of the second-brightest of all the night’s stars, Canopus. For some reason, this star seems to get less publicity than almost any of the sky’s 21 brightest stars. Could Canopus be relatively lacking in fame because the only thing fascinating or distinctive about it is its great brightness? Nothing

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