Circinus

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A small constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a compass. It lies between the constellations of Centaurus and Triangulum Australe.

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circlecircletconstellation in southern skyringsouthern constellationstellar pattern

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin circinus (“a pair of compasses”)

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