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Vulpecula

constellation, Latin vulpecula, volpecula "little fox," diminutive of vulpes, volpes "fox" (see vulpine).

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Vulpecula

Vulpecula is a faint constellation in the northern sky. Its name is Latin for "little fox", although it is commonly known simply as the fox. It was identified in the seventeenth century, and is located in the middle of the Summer Triangle (an asterism consisting of the bright stars Deneb, Vega and Altair).

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He turned to the Vulpecula sector, followed their route outward, found the newly laid blink route listed and charted, but quickly saw an asterisk.

CP 1919 is in the constellation Vulpecula, the Fox, a faint and shapeless star-group that lies between the bright stars Vega and Altair.

The three spaceboats normally carried by a Twelfth Fleet cruiser of the Vulpecula class were absent and the entire compartment was now dedicated to ten 600X CE enhancers, their auxiliary equipment, and their bulky power supply.