Reticulum

Reticulum
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Reticulum is a very small constellation in the southern hemisphere.

Reticulum
Transit Date of principal star:
24 November
Reticulum was introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the mid 1700s, meant to commemorate the reticle, an instrument used by Lacaille to measure star positions.

Reticulum
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Reticulum
Abbreviation: Ret
Genitive: Reticuli
Translation: The Net
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Reticulum, the net:
Created around 1752 by the astronomer Nicolas Louis de La Caille, the original name of the constellation was Reticulum Rhomboidalis.

Definition: reticulum: reticular (net-like) pattern
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Reticulum
Abbreviation: Ret English name: Net Coordinates see Stellar data
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Reticulum, shown on Bode's Uranographia under the name Reticulus.
For Lacaille's original depiction, see here.

SOUTHERN DORADO, RETICULUM, AND PICTOR
Southern Pictor, southern Dorado, and eastern Pictor sprawl from left to right across the top of the picture (northern Dorado seen along with northern Horologium, western Reticulum with Hydrus, ...

Constellations adjoining Reticulum Dorado, Horologium, Hydrus.
Constellations adjoining Dorado Caelum, Horologium, Hydrus, Mensa, Pictor, Reticulum, Volans.

Reticulum is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the reticle, an instrument used to measure star positions....
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Reticulum (Net)
No Saint given; possibly constellation of the Silver Saint Arachne
Origin of the constellation: 1624, Bartsch / 1752, Lacaille ...

Reticulum
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Constellation Reticulum is one of those obscure constellations in the Southern Hemisphere invented in the mid-1880s by the Abbé [Abbot] Nicholas Louis de La Caille (1713-1762), ...

reticulum reticular (net-like) pattern retrograde rotation or orbital motion in a clockwise direction when viewed from above the north pole of the primary (i.e. in the opposite sense to most satellites); the opposite of direct.

Pyxis(the compass), Reticulum(reticle), Sagitta(arrow), Sagittarius(archer), Scorpius(scorpion), Sculptor, Scutum(shield), Serpens(serpent), Sextans(sextant), Taurus the Bull, Telescopium(telescope), ...

Ret, Reti International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Reticulum. See constellation. retentivity = remanence. Reti International Astronomical Union abbreviation for Reticulum.

NGC 1313 is a barred spiral galaxy 15 million light years away in the Southern Hemisphere constellation of Reticulum.

Zeta Reticuli is a binary star system located about 39 light years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation Reticulum, and is visible to the unaided eye under very dark skies.

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Pavo (Pavonis) Pegasus (Pegasi) Perseus (Persei) Phoenix (Phoenicis) Pictor (Pictoris) Pisces (Piscium) Piscis Austrinius (Piscis Austrini) Puppis (Puppis) Pyxis (Pyxidis) Reticulum (Reticuli) ...

Octans, the octant
Pavo, the peacock
Phoenix, the phoenix
Pictor, the easel
Reticulum, the net
Triangulum Australe, the southern triangle
Tucana, the toucan
Vela, the ship's sails
Volans, the flying fish ...

See also: Constellation, Star, Norma, Constellations, Aries

Topic: Astronomy