Sextans

Sextans (Latin for Sextant) is a minor southern constellation which was introduced in the 17th century by Johannes Hevelius.
Notable features
Sextans is not a particularly bright constellation.

SEXTANS
Sextans, a modern constellation that represents the navigator's Sextant, lies due south of the Sickle of Leo. The bright star at the upper edge is Regulus; the one at lower right is Alphard in Hydra.

Sextans
Transit Date of principal star:
22 February
Sextans, "The Sextant" is one of a number of constellations devised by Johannes Hevelius, and published posthumously in 1690. For further remarks on Hevelius, see "Lacerta".

Sextans
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Sextans is a constellation lying on the celestial equator. It was created by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century.

Sextans
Map created in Guide 7.0 with the figure outline based on Johannes Hevelius' Uranographia (1690). Click on the object's name to access its image or click on the name of adjacent constellation to see its map.

Sextans
Abbreviation: Sex
Genitive: Sextantis
Translation: The Sextant
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Sextans, the sextant:
A modern constellation created by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. Originally it was called Sextans Uraniae.

Sextans
Abbreviation: Sex English name: Sextant Coordinates see Stellar data
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Sextans was shown by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum star atlas under the name Sextans Uraniae, Urania being the Greek Muse of astronomy.

Named stars in this field: (Greek alphabet)
Alfard (α Hya), Regulus (α Leo).
Constellations adjoining Sextans: Crater, Hydra, Leo.

Sextans Dwarf
A dwarf companion to the Milky Way. Discovered by computer in 1990, Sextans lies about 300 kpc from the Galactic center.
Sextant ...

Sextans (Sextant)
Bronze Saint Yulij (Gigantomachia)
Origin of the constellation: 17th century, Hevelius ...

Sextans
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Sextans
Dwarf elliptical galaxies
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Sex, Sext International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Sextans. See constellation. sexidemical notation A positional notation based on the integer sixteen. Sext International Astronomical Union abbreviation for Sextans.

I'll also show you some less well-known constellations - HYDRA, the Water Snake, SEXTANS, the Sextant, CRATER, the Cup, and CORVUS, the Crow.
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Microscopium, Sextans and Caelum the chisel) and everyday objects (e.g. Crater the cup and Scutum the shield).

Antares (Alpha Scorpii)
M80 cluster
Sculptor (Sculptoris) Scutum (Scuti) Serpens (Serpentis) Sextans (Sextantis) Taurus (Tauri)
Taurean system
Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri)
Gamma Tauri
T Tauri
Crab Nebula
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The Milky Way has at least ten satellite galaxies: the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Small Magellanic Cloud, Ursa Minor, Draco, Sculptor, Sextans, Carina, Fornax, Leo II, and Leo I. [C95]
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Some of the dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way are Canis Major Dwarf (the closest), Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy, Ursa Minor Dwarf, Sculptor Dwarf, Sextans Dwarf, Fornax Dwarf, and Leo I Dwarf.

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

Five dots arranged like :Â-: (as on the face of a dice) are known as a quincunx from the name of the Roman fraction/coin. The Latin words sextans and quadrans are the source of the English words sextant and quadrant.

HEVELIUS, JOHANNES
Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) was a German who published the first moon map. He also published a celestial atlas introducing many (including Canes Venatici, Lacerta, Lynx, Sextans, etc.).

extends eight degrees north and south of the ecliptic, an additional twelve constellations reside in part within the zodiac's belt of stars: Auriga, Canis Minor, Cetus, Corvus, Crater, Hydra, Ophiuchus, Orion, Pegasus, Scutum, Serpens and Sextans.

See also: Constellation, Sky, Star, Constellations, Cluster

Topic: Astronomy