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A small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe
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circinus
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n. (context constellation English) 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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Circinus is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky , first defined in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille . Its name is Latin for compass , referring to the drafting tool used for drawing circles (it should not be confused ...
Usage examples of circinus.
The nearest beacon to the broken-down Proxima Centauri Beacon was on one of the planets of Beta Circinus and I headed there first, a short trip of only about nine days in hyperspace.
I zeroed on the Beta Circinus beacon and ran a complicated eight-point problem through the navigator, using every beacon I could get an accurate fix on.
Other stars called V861 Scorpii, GX339-4, SS433, and Circinus X-2 are also candidate black holes.