Triangulum Australe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Triangulum Australe

Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin triangulum (“triangl”) + australe (“southern”).

Related words

Derived words

Trianguli Australis
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