Zeta Puppis
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Zeta Puppis is the brightest star in the constellation Puppis, located in the southern sky. It is the closest and brightest blue supergiant star known, with a magnitude of 2.2.1
Puppis itself was once part of a larger constellation called Argo Navis, which represented the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. In the 18th century, the constellation was divided into smaller parts, including Puppis, Carina, and Vela. The Gum Nebula, the largest known emission nebula, is also located within Puppis and the neighboring constellation Vela.1
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