Circinus
the Drawing Compass
the Drawing Compass
Fixed J2000 coordinates
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How to read this chart
Dots mark stars, and their sizes indicate brightness. Stars appear dark on light charts and light on dark charts. Green lines show a constellation pattern. The surrounding grid gives right ascension and declination.
This is a fixed reference map, rather than a view of tonight’s sky.
Read the full chart guide →Boundary coordinates
The boundary marks a sky region; it is separate from the green star pattern. These files preserve ordered coordinate points in the J2000 reference system.
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Right ascension uses hours, minutes and seconds. Declination is in degrees. Convert right ascension to degrees with 15 × (hours + minutes/60 + seconds/3600).
RA (h m s) | Dec (degrees) | Abbreviation 13 38 43.2687 | -64.6379395 | CIR 13 38 49.7951 | -65.6378784 | CIR 13 49 04.3255 | -65.6249542 | CIR 13 49 50.6089 | -70.6244431 | CIR 14 56 39.9459 | -70.5115433 | CIR
The 0h / 24h meridian is continuous. A coordinate jump there should not be treated as a straight line across a flat map.