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 Imagine a group of superheroes, each with their own special power, traveling around on wild, improbable adventures.  There is a  guy who can fly, another with super strength and yet another fellow with a secret, unbeatable weapon.  And of course there is also the captain of the team, usually an “all around good guy” who’s almost an everyman… if it wasn’t for his quick-witted thinking and problem solving. This is the Argonauts, a fantastic ancient Greek gang, complete with a cool name and trusty boat to speed them on their way. The main man leading the group is Jason.  In his cadre of killers are famous myth makers such as the Boreads (sons of Boreas, the North Wind) who could fly, Heracles, Philoctetes, Peleus, Telamon, Orpheus, Castor and Pollux, Atalanta, and Euphemus. Their mission? To help Jason take his rightful place as king.  To accomplish this quest, however, the band of heroes must fetch the golden fleece…. which is hung from a tree in the grove of the Colchian Ares, guarded

 Argo Navis (the Ship Argo), or simply Argo, was a large constellation in the southern sky.  The genitive was "Argus Navis", abbreviated "Arg".  Flamsteed and other early modern astronomers called it Navis (the Ship), genitive "Navis", abbreviated "Nav". Almost in all mythologies,it's a  ship which survived through a high flood. It indicates that there might be a catastrophe a long long time ago.  The constellation proved to be of unwieldy size, as it was 28% larger than the next largest constellation and had more than 160 easily visible stars.  In 1723 Argo Navis is no longer an officially recognized constellation, it has been split up into three constellations;  Carina the Keel, Vela the Sails, Puppis the Stern, plus a subordinate division of Argo now called Pyxis Nautica, the Nautical Box or Mariner’s Compass, and which used to be called Malus, the Mast.  Argo derived from the ship Argo in Greek mythology, sailed by Jason and the Argonauts