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Circinus



Abbreviation: Cir
Genitive: Circini
Right Ascension: 15.08 hours
Declination: -59.02 degrees
  Circinus, a pair of Compasses, is visible from the Northern Latitiudes (South of 30 degrees N) and all of the Southern Latitudes from March - Mar.

Circinus was invented by Lacaille during his stay at the Cape of Good Hope between 1751 and 1752.

  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
ALP CIR 14.00:42.00:30.40 -64.00:58.00:30.51 3.19
BET CIR 15.00:17.00:30.83 -58.00:48.00:4.48 4.07
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
NGC 5715 14 43.4 -57 33 OPNCL 09.8 431 25
NGC 5823 15 05.7 -55 36 OPNCL 07.9 431 25
Pismis 20 15 15.4 -59 04 OPNCL 07.8 431 25
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
AX Cir 14.00:48.00:29.90 -63.00:36.00:18.00 DCEP 6.09 5.65
BP Cir 14.00:42.00:47.70 -61.00:15.00:8.00 CEP 0.33 7.54
BS Cir 14.00:19.00:29.20 -66.00:25.00:3.00 ACV 0.14 6.70
BT Cir 14.00:39.00:8.80 -61.00:59.00:41.00 DSCTC 0.01 7.40
BU Cir 14.00:41.00:33.70 -55.00:23.00:28.00 BCEP 0.02 6.10
BV Cir 14.00:56.00:50.20 -64.00:22.00:39.00 DSCT 0.10 6.80
alf Cir 14.00:38.00:26.40 -64.00:45.00:32.00 ACVO 3.21 3.18
del Cir 15.00:12.00:53.00 -60.00:46.00:25.00 ELL 0.10 5.08
tet Cir 14.00:52.00:41.00 -62.00:34.00:46.00 GCAS 5.44 5.02
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
DUN 169 14 45.2 -55 36 6.2, 7.6 68.00 106 25 431