triangulum australe

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Definition of triangulum australe in English English dictionary

A winter constellation of the southern sky, which has three bright stars that form a triangle. It lies north of the constellation Apus, between Ara and Circinus

a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus

Hyphenation

triangulum Aus·tra·le

Etymology

() Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin triangulum, a "triangle" + australe, "southern".