Sextant

Sextans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Hevelius (1687).

Etymology and History

Sextant described in Hevelius (1687).

Sextant depicted in Hevelius (1687).

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Sextans in Hevelius (1687)

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  Sextans in Fortin (1776)

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  Sextans in Fortin (1795)

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)