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Sextans
"The Sextant"
Abbreviation: Sex
Genitive: Sextantis
Constellation family: Hercules
Nearest constellations: Crater, Hydra, and Leo
Right ascension: 10.26h
Declination: -2.41°
Visible between latitudes: +80° and -80°
Square degrees: 314
Luminary: Alpha Sextans
Notable deep sky objects: NGC 3115, NGC 3169, Sextans A and Sextans B
About
Sextans is a small constellation in the small constellation. It is visible during the month of April.
Sextans was first introduced by Johannes Hevelius in the late 1600s. He named it after the sextant, which was an instrument he used to make astronomical observations.
Mythology
There is no mythology associated with this constellation.
Gallery of objects in Sextans
COSMOS deep field:
By ESO/UltraVISTA team, acknowledgement: TERAPIX/CNRS/INSU/CASU [CC-BY-3.0], via ESA/Hubble
Galaxies NGC 3166 and NGC 3169:
By Jschulman555 [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
NGC 3169 (spiral galaxy):
By NASA, STScI, WikiSky [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
