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name: Antlia
created_by: skybber
created_date: 2021-06-01 19:50:34.718966
updated_by: skybber
updated_date: 2022-01-17 18:20:15.520122
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Antlia is a small and inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky with no brighter stars, lying south of the pattern break in the middle of Hydra's body, near the much more conspicuous constellations of Sails and Astern. Its northern part is visible in the evening sky in Central Europe from mid-April to June, low over the southern horizon. There is nothing distinctive or interesting in the constellation of the Antlia when viewed through a trident or small telescope. Although the constellation lies just outside the southern Milky Way, it contains no star clusters or nebulae. There are only a few faint galaxies, but none (with the exception of NGC 2997), is brighter than 11th magnitude.

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