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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Constellations, Equatorial constellations, Sextans (constellation)
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Sextans  Constellation Sextans  Sex  Sextans constellation  Sextans Uraniae
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Sextans is a minor equatorial constellation which was introduced in 1687 by Johannes Hevelius. Wikipedia
English:
constellation
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Sextans is a minor equatorial constellation which was introduced in 1687 by Johannes Hevelius. Wikipedia
Constellation on the celestial equator Wikidata
A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a sextant. It lies south of the constellation of Leo. Wiktionary
Dim spring constellation of the northern sky. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
constellation
PART OF
Hercules family
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Johannes Hevelius
NAMED AFTER
sextant
SHARES BORDER WITH
Crater
Hydra
Leo
Wikipedia
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Sextans
Wikidata
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Sextans
Wiktionary
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Sextans
Wikipedia Redirections
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Constellation Sextans, Sextans (constellation), Sextans constellation, Sextans Uraniae, Sextans Uraniæ
Wikidata Alias
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Sex, Sextansis, Sextantis

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