Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Octans is a faint constellation located in the deep Southern Sky. Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant, a navigational instrument. Devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752, Octans remains one of the 88 modern constellations. The southern celestial pole is located within the ...
Sigma Octantis is a solitary [9] star in the Octans constellation that forms the pole star of the Southern Hemisphere.Its name is also written as σ Octantis, abbreviated as Sigma Oct or σ Oct, and it is officially named Polaris Australis (/ p oʊ ˈ l ɛər ɪ s ɔː ˈ s t r eɪ l ɪ s /). [10]
Epsilon Octantis. Epsilon Octantis, Latinized from ε Octantis, is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Octans. It is a faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of about 5. The annual parallax shift of 11.22 [1] mas yields a distance estimate of around 291 light years.
Eta Octantis, Latinized from η Octantis, is a solitary star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 6.19, [2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye. The object is situated at a distance of 358 light years [1] but is approaching the Solar System with a heliocentric radial velocity of −1.7 ...
Tau Octantis, Latinized from τ Octantis, is a solitary [11] star in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.50, [2] allowing it to be faintly seen with the naked eye. The object is located at a distance of 480 light years [1] but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 31 km/s.
Database references. SIMBAD. data. ν Octantis, Latinised as Nu Octantis, is a star in the constellation of Octans. Unusually, it is the brightest star in this faint constellation at apparent magnitude +3.7. [2] It is a spectroscopic binary [9] star with a period around 2.9 years. Parallax measurements place it at 22.1 parsecs (72 ly) from Earth.
ζ Octantis. Zeta Octantis, Latinized from ζ Octantis, is a solitary, [16] yellowish-white hued star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.42, [2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye under ideal conditions. The star is located relatively close at a distance of only 156 light-years ...
data. Phi Octantis, Latinized from φ Octantis, is a solitary star [14] located in the southern circumpolar constellation Octans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.46, [2] making it faintly visible to the naked eye if viewed under ideal conditions. The object is located relatively close at a distance of 194 light years based on Gaia DR3 ...