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Octans is a faint constellation located in the deep southern sky. Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant, a navigational instrument. The constellation was devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Octans is bordered by seven different constellations, most of which are far more prominent than itself: [[Apus]] (the bird-of-paradise), [[Mensa]] (the table), [[Chamaeleon]] (the chamaeleon), [[Pavo]] (the peacock), [[Indus]] (the Indian), [[Tucana]] (the toucan), and [[Hydrus]] (the male water snake). | Octans is a faint constellation located in the deep southern sky. Its name is Latin for the eighth part of a circle, but it is named after the octant, a navigational instrument. The constellation was devised by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1752, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. Octans is bordered by seven different constellations, most of which are far more prominent than itself: [[Apus]] (the bird-of-paradise), [[Mensa]] (the table), [[Chamaeleon]] (the chamaeleon), [[Pavo]] (the peacock), [[Indus]] (the Indian), [[Tucana]] (the toucan), and [[Hydrus]] (the male water snake). | ||