Triangulum Australe definition

Triangulum Australe

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noun

(1) A small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus

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Etymology

Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From triangulum, a "triangle" + australe, "southern".

Proper noun

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.