Circinus

Cir·ci·nus

(sûr′sə-nəs)

A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe.

[New Latin, from Latin circinus, pair of compasses, from circus, circle; see circle.]

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Circinus

(ˈsɜːsɪnəs)

n, Latin genitive Circini (ˈsɜːsɪˌnaɪ)

(Astronomy) a small faint constellation in the S hemisphere close to Centaurus and the Southern Cross

[C19: from Latin, a pair of compasses]

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Circinus - a small faint constellation in the southern hemisphere near Musca and Triangulum Australe

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An international research team led by Konrad Tristram from the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn, Germany found that the dust directly illuminated by the central engine of the Circinus Galaxy is located in two distinct components: an inner warped disk and a surrounding larger distribution of dust.

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She used her 12-inch and 16-inch S/C telescopes with an Astrometric eyepiece to measure the position and separation of a 16 double stars in Circinus. She also gave detailed descriptions of the colours and appearance of these stars in the eyepiece.

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Named the Circinus pulsar for the galaxy in which it resides, this rhythmically flashing neutron star rotates 400 times per minute and has a magnetic field trillions of times stronger than Earth's, Fishman says.

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