The Reticle
Reticulum
Genitive: Reticuli · abbreviation Ret
Best evening month
January
Visible from
90°S to 29°N
Centre RA
3h 42m 00s
Centre Dec
−61° 00′
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Mythology & origin
Honours the reticle — the crosshair grid in a telescope eyepiece Lacaille used to measure star positions.
Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille · 1756