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Circinus
Circinus is a small constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere whose name is Latin for a drawing compass, the drafting instrument used to draw circles. French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille introduced it in the mid-18th century while mapping the southern sky, and the International Astronomical Union recognizes it as one of the modern constellations. Its stars are relatively faint, so...
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Reticulum
Reticulum, Latin for 'net', is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky and one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. It was charted by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, who named it Reticulum Rhomboidalis after the reticle, the sighting device used with his telescope; his southern catalogue was published in 1763. Its brightest star,...
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