The Sextant
Sextans
Genitive: Sextantis · abbreviation Sex
Best evening month
April
Visible from
90°S to 83°N
Centre RA
10h 30m 00s
Centre Dec
−7° 00′
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Mythology & origin
Commemorates the sextant Hevelius used for star measurements, lost when his observatory burned in 1679.
Johannes Hevelius · 1690