czsky/en/constellation/octans.md

name	created_by	created_date	updated_by	updated_date
Octans	skybber	2021-07-10 14:40:35.924163	skybber	2022-12-31 17:22:52.126079

A faint constellation in the southern sky, invisible to us, in which the south celestial pole lies. The Octans corresponds in position to the Little Dipper of the northern sky, but does not fulfill the role of Polaris, not having a star near the pole bright enough for orientation. The closest star to the south pole visible to the naked eye is Sigma Octantis, which has an apparent brightness of only 5.48mag. Octantis is a very star-poor region and of little interest to observers because it contains no bright deep-sky objects. The constellation is worthy of attention only because it contains the south celestial pole.