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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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Passer (Circinus, afkorting Cir) is een klein sterrenbeeld aan de zuidelijke hemelkoepel, liggende tussen rechte klimming 13u35m en 15u26m en tussen declinatie −54° en −70°. Het is vanaf de breedte van de Benelux niet te zien. Het sterrenbeeld werd in 1752 ingevoerd door Lacaille.
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