Zirkel
Also known as Cir, Circini, the Compass
Sternbild
AI overview
Circinus is a small, faint southern constellation created in 1756 by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, named after the drafting compass tool used for drawing circles. The constellation is notable for containing Alpha Circini, the brightest rapidly oscillating Ap star visible from Earth, and AX Circini, a Cepheid variable star that can be seen with the naked eye.
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Key facts
- Constellation.latmin
- 90
- Constellation.name
- Circinus
- Constellation.abbreviation
- Cir
- Constellation.genitive
- Circini
- Constellation.pronounce
- Círcinus,genitive
- Constellation.symbolism
- Compass
- Constellation.RA
- –
- Constellation.dec
- −55.43°–−70.62°
- Constellation.areatotal
- 93
- Constellation.arearank
- 85th
- Constellation.numbermainstars
- 3
- Constellation.numberbfstars
- 9
- Constellation.numberbrightstars
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Der Zirkel (in der Erstbezeichnung französisch compas – lateinisch / fachsprachlich Circinus) ist ein Sternbild des Südhimmels.
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