TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE AND CENTRAL CIRCINUS
Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle, lies within the flowing southern Milky Way. Atria, Alpha TrA, is the orange-colored star toward the upper left.
Triangulum Australe
Transit Date of principal star:
3 June
Triangulum Australe, "The Southern Triangle", is one of the few constellations which has an obvious asterism. It was introduced by Johann Bayer in 1603.
Triangulum Australe
For the northern constellation, see Triangulum.
Triangulum Australe
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Triangulum Australe
Abbreviation: TrA
Genitive: Trianguli Australe
Translation: The Southern Triangle
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Triangulum Australe, the southern triangle:
Unlike its northern counterpart, Triangulum, this constellation is a modern creation. Created in 1603 by Johann Bayer, it is meant to represent the triangle tool used by carpenters and navigators.
Triangulum Australe is the southern hemisphere counterpart of Triangulum. It is a bigger constellation and contains brighter stars than Triangulum and it never sets for most of Australia.
Triangulum Australe, with the alternative name Libella, the level, in Johann Bode's Uranographia. Bode followed Lacaille in showing a plumb bob attached to the triangle, thereby representing it as a surveyor's level.
Triangulum Australe (Southern Triangle)
No Saint given
Origin of the constellation: 1603, Bayer ...
Triangulum Australe
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Triangulum Australe (NASA SP-7, 1965) Null tribology (NASA Thesaurus) Science of friction, wear, and lubrication. triboluminescence (NASA Thesaurus) The emission of light caused by application of mechanical energy to a solid.
TrA, Tr Au International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Triangulum Australe. See constellation.
It lies north of Triangulum Australe and west of Ara . In the north Norma is surrounded by Lupus and Scorpius. The Milky Way still runs brilliant through this constellation.
Triangulum(triangle), Triangulum Australe(southern triangle), Tucana(toucan),
Ursa Major(the great bear), Ursa Minor(lesser bear), Vela(sails), Virgo(the virgin), Volans(flying fish), Vulpecula(fox) ...
The center of the galaxy is in the direction of Sagittarius, and the Milky Way then "passes" (going westward) through Scorpius, Ara, Norma, Triangulum Australe, Circinus, Centaurus, Musca, Crux, Carina, Vela, Puppis, Canis Major, Monoceros, ...
Photo: ESO Online Digitized Sky Survey
A giant K star and the brightest star in the constellation Triangulum Australe. There are indications of strong flare activity on its surface, and a small and faint binary companion has recently been detected.
M-33 Galaxy (Triangulum Galaxy)
Triangulum Australe (Trianguli Australis) Tucana (Tucanae) Ursa Major (Ursae Majoris) ...
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: Triangulum, Constellation, Sky, Constellations, Norma
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