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Complete Definition of "Sextans"

see|sextans
English
wikipedia|Sextans

Etymology
Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From L. sextans, a "sextant" (nautical neasuring implement)

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. constellation A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo.

Translations

French: Sextant m
German: Sextant m
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Portuguese: Sextans
Russian: Сек��ан�

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