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Also known as Cir, Circini, the Compass

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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Viên Quy is referenced by 189 other articles, 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.

Its subject is documented across 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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Circinus Commons link from Wikidata Constellations listed by Lacaille Southern constellations