Sextans
Americannoun
genitive
Sextantis-
Astronomy. the Sextant, an equatorial constellation between Hydra and Leo.
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(lowercase) a bronze coin of ancient Rome, the sixth part of an as, issued during the period of the Republic.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Sextans
< Latin sextāns; sextant
Example Sentences
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The map covers a region of sky about 2.5 times the size of the full Moon, located in the constellation Sextans.
From Science Daily
In the Sextans constellation 4,500 light-years away, a dead, magnetic star rotates 592 times in a second, emanating electromagnetic beams like an oscillating lighthouse out into the universe.
From Salon
Researchers in Japan observed a distant source of light known as B14-65666, located in the constellation known as Sextans, using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array of telescopes in Chile.
From Fox News
The Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal was the 10th galaxy found to orbit the Milky Way.
From Scientific American
A dwarf spheroidal flagged in 1990 in the constellation Sextans was such a galactic underdog it took a computer to spot it.
From Scientific American
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