Sextans
constellation on the celestial equator
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Summary
Sextans is a constellation[1]. Sextans draws 945 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #71 of 85).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Johannes Hevelius[3]
- Shares border with: Leo[4], Hydra[5], Crater[6]
- Named after: sextant[7]
- Commons category: Sextans (constellation)[8]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1687[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Sextans[10]
- Commons gallery: Sextans[11]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Star Lore of All Ages[15]
- Topic has template: Template:Sextans[16], Šablona:Souhvězdí Sextantu[17]
- Official name: Sextans[18]
- Short name: Sex[19]
- Different from: Sex[20], Sextant[21], Sextans[22], Sekstant[23], Sestante[24], Sextante[25]
- Area: 314 square degree[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
Why It Matters
Sextans has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Sextans is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]