Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Compasses, a small southern constellation made by Lacaille in 1752.
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- proper noun astronomy A small
constellation of thesouthern winter sky, said to resemble acompass . It lies between theconstellations ofCentaurus andTriangulum Australe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Located in the Circinus constellation, this spinning formation, which resembles a human hand, is about 100 light-years in diameter and about 17,000 light-years away from earth, according to NASA.
PSR B1509-58 PICTURE: Rotating Pulsar Looks Like A Heavenly Hand (PHOTO) 2010
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Located in the Circinus constellation, this spinning formation, which resembles a human hand, is about 100 light-years in diameter and about 17,000 light-years away from earth, according to NASA.
PSR B1509-58 PICTURES: Rotating Pulsar Looks Like A Heavenly Hand (PHOTOS) 2010
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Beta Circinus III, called Areta by its natives, is a Class M planet.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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Beta Circinus III, called Areta by its natives, is a Class M planet.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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Beta Circinus III, called Areta by its natives, is a Class M planet.
Vulcan’s Glory D. C. Fontana 1990
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The galaxy should be on the opposite side of the Milky Way, somewhere in the constellations of Norma or Circinus, just west of the galactic center in
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The remnant, called RCW 86, is located about 8200 light-years away towards the constellation of Circinus (the Drawing Compass).
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Bauer noticed a bright, variable source in the Circinus spiral galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Scientific Frontline by SFL ORG Educational News Network 2008
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Bauer noticed a bright, variable source in the Circinus spiral galaxy, using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2008
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This composite image shows the central regions of the nearby Circinus galaxy, located about 12 million light years away.
Science and Reason 2008
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