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Bookmark or Share- Circinus Galaxy: Giant Veiled by the Milky Way - Constellation GuideThe Circinus Galaxy is a Seyfert galaxy located 13 million light-years away in the southern constellation Circinus. It is one of the closest active galaxies to the Milky Way. It has an apparent magnitude of 12.1 and can be observed in a small telescope.
- Circinus the Drawing Compass, Alpha Centauri’s neighbor - EarthSkyCircinus is one of the 14 constellations that Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille named in the 18th century. How to find Circinus. Circinus may be dim, with only one star above magnitude 4, but the...
- Circinus - WikipediaCircinus is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, first defined in 1756 by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille. Its name is Latin for compass, referring to the drafting tool used for drawing circles (it should not be confused with Pyxis, a constellation that represents a mariner's compass which points north).
- Circinus Galaxy - WikipediaThe Circinus Galaxy is a Type II Seyfert galaxy and is one of the closest known active galaxies to the Milky Way, though it is probably slightly farther away than Centaurus A. Circinus Galaxy produced supernova SN 1996cr, which was identified over a decade after it exploded.
- Circinus ConstellationCircinus is a small, faint constellation located in the southern sky. It represents the draughtsman's compass. The constellation is home to the Circinus Galaxy, the X-ray source Circinus X-1, and the planetary nebula NGC 5315.
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