Month Best Visible
February
Hemisphere Visible
Southern
Columba is located just south of Canis Major and Lepus. Columba is rather inconspicuous, the brightest star α Columbae having the magnitude of 2.65m.
Plancius originally named the constellation Columba Noachi ('Noah's Dove'), referring to the dove that gave Noah the information that the Great Flood was receding.
