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The constellation that includes the southern celestial pole
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octans
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n. (plural of octan English)
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Octans is a faint constellation located in the deep southern sky. Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant , a navigational instrument. The constellation was devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille ...