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| name | created_by | created_date | updated_by | updated_date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circinus | skybber | 2021-06-06 08:47:29.607575 | skybber | 2022-12-29 09:23:46.432952 |
A small and faint constellation of the southern sky that we can never see in our latitudes. The narrow isosceles triangle formed by the constellation's three brightest stars lies wedged between the Musca, Centaurus, Norma and the Triangulum Australis in the Milky Way. There are no interesting objects in this small constellation near the conspicuous α and β Centauri, despite lying in the Milky Way, and its faint stars are not even named.
At positions 14 47.8 (RA) and -66 17 (Dec), you can discover the South Kemble Cascade, a purely random grouping of individual constellations in the constellation of the circle in binocular. However, in comparison to the original, it is slightly shorter and contains up to two streams of stars that merge in the north. More striking is the straight, forty-five minute long western array consisting of eight stars. The eastern row contains the same number of stars, but is a little twisted, and its brightest star is Dzeta Circinus. The other joining stars in the south give the whole cluster a necklace-like appearance.