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|
Carina | Puppis | Vela |
---|---|---|
α | ζ | γ1 |
β | ν | γ2 |
ε | ξ | δ |
η | o * | κ |
ϑ | π | λ |
ι | ρ | μ |
υA | σ | o * |
υB | τ | φ |
χ | ψ | |
ω |
Both Vela and Puppis have many 'Latin' or English letters, upper case and lower
case. If one studies Tirion's SkyAtlas 2000.0, one discovers that Vela
has both a Greek omicron and an English "o", while Puppis has no English "o"
but does have a Greek omicron.
Therefore I suspect that omicron Puppis was originally an English "o" and was misread some time ago
into a Greek omicron, and the label has stuck.