Constellations
Octans (Oct)
The Octant
Also known as octant.
6 looks for Octans
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Octans
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Octant
- IAU abbreviation
- Oct
- Its stars are named
- Octantis (as in "Alpha Octantis")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 20h 58m, declination −83° 35′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- ν Oct, magnitude 3.76
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- ν Octmag 3.76
- β Octmag 4.15
- δ Octmag 4.32
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation