Cirkelpassaren

Also known as Cir, Circini, the Compass

stjärnbild på södra stjärnhimlen

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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In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 189 inbound references to Cirkelpassaren, and connects out to former constellation, Musca Borealis and Canes Venatici.

It is catalogued under topics including Circinus, Commons link from Wikidata and Constellations listed by Lacaille.

Vinony links it to 79 Wikipedia language editions.

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
Part of: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
Named after: compass
Official name: Circinus
Area: 93
Shares border with: Lupus
Image: Constellation Circinus.jpg

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maintained by WikiProject: 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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Cirkelpassaren (Circinus på latin) är en liten, svag stjärnbild på södra stjärnhimlen.Konstellationen är en av de 88 moderna stjärnbilderna som erkänns av den Internationella astronomiska unionen.

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