Fixed stars in Columba
Star	1900	2000	R A	Decl 1950	Lat	Mag	Sp
epsilon	17GEM19	18GEM42	082 21 33	-35 30 22	-58 38 02	3.92	K0
Phact alpha	20GEM46	22GEM10	084 27 33	-34 05 59	-57 22 53	2.75	B8
Wazn beta	25GEM01	26GEM25	087 17 56	-35 47 10	-59 11 30	3.22	K1
gamma	27GEM39	29GEM02	088 56 27	-35 17 15	-58 43 38	4.36	B3
eta	28GEM14	29GEM37	089 24 14	-42 49 02	-66 15 39	4.03	K0
delta	07CAN03	08CAN26	095 04 17	-33 24 36	-56 43 11	3.98	G1

Events in history

Good news

• May 11-25th 1944 Victory is in sight as the Allies break through the German defenses at Anzio. - Saturn/Wazn
• Aug 14 1989 New President De Clerk begins social and political reforms in South Africa. - Jupiter/Wazn
• Jan 2nd 1900, Secretary of State John Hay announced the "Open Door Policy" to facilitate trade with China. - Neptune/Wazn

Radio, space station

• First cable sent from Britain to America, Sept 1st 1858 - Jupiter/Phact
• Mar 18 1909, Einar Dessau of Denmark used a short-wave transmitter to converse with a government radio post about six miles away in what's believed to have been the first broadcast by a "ham" operator. - NNode/Phact
• May 14th 1973, the United States launched "Skylab One," its first manned space station. Saturn/Phact

Science

• May 11th 1947, the B.F. Goodrich Company of Akron, Ohio, announced the development of a tubeless tire. - Uranus/Phact
• Feb 19th 1473, the astronomer Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. Saturn/Wazn
• April 25th 1983, the Pioneer Ten spacecraft crossed Pluto's orbit, speeding on its endless voyage through the Milky Way. NNode/Wazn
• April 26th 1900, seismologist Charles Richter, who devised the earthquake-measuring scale that bears his name, was born in Hamilton, Ohio. Pluto/Wazn

Olympic games

• May 14th 1904, the first Olympic games to be held in the United States opened in St. Louis. (The ceremony entails the releasing of doves) - Pluto/Phact

Flight and exploration

• April 1 1918, the Royal Air Force was established in Britain. SNode/Wazn
• July 25 1909 Louis Bleriot flies from Calais to Dover becoming the first person to fly across the English Channel in a monoplane Pluto/Wazn
• Wright brothers first flight at Kitty Hawk, 17 12 1903 - Pluto/Phact
• Mayflower set sail for America, Sept 6th 1620 - SNode/Wazn
• First British convicts settled in Australia, Jan 26 1788 - SNode/Wazn

Ballet

• May 18 1909 Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes premiered in Paris. - Pluto/Wazn

Columbia

• Earthquake 1906 Jan 31 Colombia 1 N 81.5 W 1,000 deaths 8.9 Pluto//Phact
• Jan 9 1909 Columbia signs a convention with the US recognizing Panama Pluto/Wazn

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