# Octans

*Constellation*

| | |
| --- | --- |
| IAU abbreviation | Oct |
| Middle of it, in the sky | 19h 42m, -85.1° |
| Called, in German | Oktant |
| Called, in Spanish | Bastón |
| Called, in Estonian | Oktant |
| Called, in French | Octant |
| Called, in Japanese | はちぶんぎ座 |
| Called, in Korean | 팔분의자리 |
| Called, in Ukrainian | Октант |

The position is the middle of the constellation's area, not of its figure, and it is fixed: a constellation does not move. Whether it is above the horizon depends on where the reader is and what time it is, which the map works out in their own browser.

## Elsewhere

- The sky on the live map: https://www.orbitalmap.space/
- Every object: https://www.orbitalmap.space/o/
- What this site is and what it reads: https://www.orbitalmap.space/llms.txt

## Where this came from

Figures and boundaries from IAU constellation figures via d3-celestial (Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-clause). Positions for equinox J2000.