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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
- 0
- Constellation.numbernearbystars
- 0
- Constellation.brighteststarname
- α Cir (Xami)
- Constellation.starmagnitude
- 3.19
- Constellation.neareststarname
- DENIS J1454−6604
- Constellation.stardistancely
- 34.72
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- constellation
- Named after
- compass
- Official name
- Circinus
- Area
- 93
- Shares border with
- Lupus
- Image
- Constellation Circinus.jpg
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- WikiProject Astronomy
- Commons category
- Circinus (constellation)
- topic's main category
- Category:Circinus
- Commons gallery
- Circinus
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- time of discovery or invention
- 1756-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
- short name
- Cir
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Article · 日本語
コンパス座（コンパスざ、Circinus）は、南天の星座の1つ。全天で4番目に小さな星座で、日本からは星座の全域を見ることはできない。この星座のモチーフは、製図用具のコンパス（円規、両脚規）であり、方位磁針ではない。
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