Location: Primarily Southern Hemisphere
Coordinates:
Right Ascension: 15h
Declination: -60º
Source: Astronomer Abbe Nicholas Louis de Lacaille
The story behind the name: Circinus was created by de Lacaille during his stay at the Cape of Good Hope in the mid-18th century. Circinus is a very small and faint constellation. The three brightest stars form a narrow triangle. The shape is reminiscent of a drawing (or drafting) compass of the sort used to plot sea and sky charts.
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Objects observed by Chandra in Circinus:
- RCW 86 (2009)
- PSR B1509-58 (2009)
- SN 1996cr (2008)
- NGC 5315 (2007)
- RCW 86 (2007)
- Circinus X-1 (2007)
- RCW 86 (2006)
- B1509-58 in SNR G320.4-1.2 (2001)
- Circinus Galaxy (2001)
- Circinus X-1 (2000)
Revised: August 01, 2008