The Sextant
Abbreviation: Sex
Genitive: Sextantis
Origin: Johannes Hevelius
Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius created this constellation in the late seventeenth century. It represents the astronomical sextant.
Abbreviation: Sex
Genitive: Sextantis
Origin: Johannes Hevelius
Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius created this constellation in the late seventeenth century. It represents the astronomical sextant.
| Designation | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HD 86081 | Bibhā | This ninth-magnitude star is known to have at least one exoplanet. |
| C53 | Spindle Galaxy | This is an edge-on lenticular galaxy with a central supermassive black hole. It is estimated that the mass of the black hole is on the order of 2 billion solar masses, making it the nearest billion-solar-mass black hole to Earth. |
Copyright © 1995–2020 by David Harper and L.M. Stockman