Fornax

American

[fawr-naks] / ˈfɔr næks /

noun

Astronomy. the Furnace, a small southern constellation south of Cetus and Eridanus.

Fornax British

/ ˈfɔːnæks /

noun

a faint constellation in the S hemisphere lying between Cetus and Phoenix

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Etymology

Origin of Fornax

< Latin: literally, furnace, kiln, oven

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Fornax Fornacis

FL.1.5.1 is an alias for XBB.1.9.2.1.5.1, which descends from Omicron and is colloquially called Fornax.

From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2023

Infections from Fornax, officially known as FL 1.5.1, are also rising across the country.

From Reuters ● Aug. 17, 2023

The researchers focused on two regions of the vast sky: A section of the Ursa Minor constellation and another region near the Fornax cluster.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2023

In this image, you can see part of a cluster of galaxies located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Fornax.

From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016

This, Evans told me, was a star in a constellation called Fornax from a galaxy known to astronomy as NGC1365.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Its brightest star, α Fornacis, is identical with 12 Eridani.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by J. Ellard Gore

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