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Definition of Octans
1. Noun. The constellation that includes the southern celestial pole.
Definition of Octans
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble an octant. It lies closest to the southern celestial pole of any constellation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Octans
1. octan [n] - See also: octan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Octans
Literary usage of Octans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Star-names and Their Meanings by Richard Hinckley Allen (1899)
"The French edition of Flamsteed's Atlas has it as 1'octans Reflexion. Gould assigns
to it 88 naked-eye stars down to the 7th magnitude; the brightest, v, ..."
2. Catalogue of the Scientific Books in the Library of the Royal Society by Royal Society (Great Britain). Library (1839)
"... physique, &c. en 2 parties, dont la lre contient; un mémoire sur la nouvelle
construction des octans et sextans à réflexion ; la description des octans ..."
3. Astronomy Without a Telescope: A Guide to the Constellations, and by Edward Walter Maunder (1904)
"... as also is Apus, which lies between them and octans. The Southern Triangle is
a neat little figure on the edge of the Milky Way, its three principal ..."
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