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Definition of Triangulum australe
1. Noun. A small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus.
Definition of Triangulum australe
1. Proper noun. (constellation) A winter constellation of the southern sky, which has three bright stars that form a triangle. It lies north of the constellation Apus, between Ara and Circinus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triangulum Australe
Literary usage of Triangulum australe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Round the Year with the Stars: The Chief Beauties of the Starry Heavens as by Garrett Putman Serviss (1910)
"... Apus, Chameleon, Piscis Volans, triangulum australe, Dorado, Toucan, and
Hydrus, were all named by Bayer at the beginning of the seventeenth century, ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"It is surrounded by Apus, Musca, Centaurus, Lupus, Norma and triangulum australe.
CIRCLE, in geometry, a plane figure contained by one line, which is called ..."
3. Astronomy for Young Folks by Isabel Martin Lewis (1922)
"triangulum australe, The Southern Triangle, a little to the southeast of Alpha
Centauri, is far more conspicuous than the Triangulum of the northern ..."