Sextans

See also: sextans

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Sextans

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

Derived terms

Sextantis

Translations

dim spring constellation of the northern sky

Finnish: Sekstantti (fi)
French: Sextant (fr) m
German: Sextant (de) m
Greek: Εξάς (el) m (Exás)
Irish: an Seiseamhán m

Polish: Sekstant (pl) m
Portuguese: Sextans
Russian: Секста́нт m (Sekstánt)
Spanish: Sextante (es) m

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