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What does Fornax mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
  2. (astronomy) A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
  3. (Roman) The Roman goddess of ovens.
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The Romans also worshipped a goddess of the earth and of fire under the common name of Fornax, dea fornacalis.
Located in the constellation Fornax, the region is below the constellation Orion.
Two appeared in NGC 1316, a galaxy better known as Fornax A, a strong radio galaxy near the centre of the Fornax cluster.
Jardel used telescope observations of several of the satellite galaxies orbiting the Milky Way, including the Carina, Draco, Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans dwarf galaxies.
Then the group must locate the Swell Foop and use it to free Demon Earth on Fornax, a small foreign galaxy.
Upon the walls were painted two enormous serpents, sacred reptiles which protected the altar of Fornax, the culinary divinity.

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