Octans en · PROPN
Etymology
Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin octans (“an octant”). Doublet of octant.
Meanings
- A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation.
Deriveds
Translations (16)
ar الثُّمُن (a circumpolar constellation) · pl Oktant (a circumpolar constellation) · gl Octante (a circumpolar constellation) · es Octans (a circumpolar constellation) · ru Октант (a circumpolar constellation) · kk Октант (a circumpolar constellation) · nl Octant (a circumpolar constellation) · de Oktant (a circumpolar constellation) · ms Sesiku (a circumpolar constellation) · ar الثُّمْن (a circumpolar constellation) · cmn 南極座 /南极座 (a circumpolar constellation) · ga an tOchtamhán (a circumpolar constellation) · fr Octant (a circumpolar constellation) · it Ottante (a circumpolar constellation) · eo Oktanto (a circumpolar constellation) · fi Oktantti (a circumpolar constellation)