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Name: claude fortin
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Star system called Zeta or Zeta Reticuli. Is there any record of such a place. I apologize for the broken up text. I seem to be having a problem

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Reticulum is indeed a constellation... in the Southern hemisphere, declination -60 degrees. According to the usual method of naming stars in constellations, zeta Reticuli would be the sixth brightest since zeta is the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet. Incidentally, _reticulum_ is Latin for "little net."

Hawley


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