What is Argo Navis?
[[File:Argo_Navis_Hevelius.jpg|thumb|{{center|Argo Navis}}]] [[File:Carina & Puppis & Pyxis & Vela.gif|thumb|right|{{center|the constellation outlined}}]] '''Argo Navis''' is a [[constellation]] in the southern sky.<ref name=Sasaki96>Chris Sasaki, ''The Constellations: Stars and Stories'' (New York, Sterling Publishing Co., 2003), p. 96</ref> In the past, it represented the ship of [[Jason]] and his [[argonauts]] who were in search of the [[Golden Fleece]].<ref name=Sasaki96/> Today, it is no longer seen as one constellation but is divided instead into three smaller ones. These are [[Puppis]] (the [[stern]]), [[Carina (constellation)|Carina]] (the [[wikt:keel|keel]]) and [[Vela (constellation)|Vela]] (the [[sail]]s).<ref>Timothy M. Kusky; Katherine E. Cullen, ''Encyclopedia of Earth and Space Science'' (New York: Facts on File, 2010), p. 148</ref> It is visible mainly in the [[southern hemisphere]]. If it were still recognized today it would be the biggest constellation in the sky. ==Deep-sky objects== * [[Carina nebula]] == References == {{reflist}} {{constellations}}{{sci-stub}} [[Category:Former constellations]]