Sextans

See also: sextans

English

Etymology

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690. From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin sextans, a "sextant" (nautical neasuring implement)

Proper noun

Sextans

1. (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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: Sekstant (pl) m
• Portuguese: Sextans
• Russian: Секста́нт m (Sekstánt)
• Spanish: Sextante (es) m