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Reticulum is a small, faint constellation
Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that appear to have a physical proximity in the sky. The stars in a constellation are often vastly distant from each other, but they appear close to each other from the perspective of Earth....
 in the southern sky. Its name is Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 for the reticle, an instrument used to measure star positions. It was introduced in the early seventeenth century by Isaac Habrecht, who named it Rhombus. It was later renamed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

Abb? Nicolas Louis de Lacaille was a France astronomer.He is noted for his catalogue of nearly 10,000 southern stars, including 42 nebulous objects....
 in the eighteenth century.








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Reticulum is a small, faint constellation
Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that appear to have a physical proximity in the sky. The stars in a constellation are often vastly distant from each other, but they appear close to each other from the perspective of Earth....
 in the southern sky. Its name is Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 for the reticle, an instrument used to measure star positions. It was introduced in the early seventeenth century by Isaac Habrecht, who named it Rhombus. It was later renamed by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

Abb? Nicolas Louis de Lacaille was a France astronomer.He is noted for his catalogue of nearly 10,000 southern stars, including 42 nebulous objects....
 in the eighteenth century.

Notable Stars

  • Epsilon Reticuli
    Epsilon Reticuli

    Epsilon Reticuli is a binary star approximately 59 light-years away in the constellation of Reticulum. The primary star is an subgiant star, while the secondary star is a white dwarf star....
     has an extrasolar planet
    Extrasolar planet

    An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet beyond the Solar System, orbiting a star other than the Sun. As of February 2009, 342 exoplanets are listed in the Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia....
    .
  • Zeta Reticuli
    Zeta Reticuli

    Zeta Reticuli is a binary star system located about 39 light years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation Reticulum, and is visible to the unaided eye under very dark skies....
     is a pair of stars similar to the Sun. It gained some notoriety in ufology
    Ufology

    Ufology is a neologism coined to describe the collective efforts of those who study unidentified flying object reports and associated evidence....
     when the alleged alien abductees Betty and Barney Hill
    Betty and Barney Hill abduction

    Betty and Barney Hill were an United States married couple who rose to fame after they claimed to have been abducted by extraterrestrial life on September 19?20, 1961....
     named it as the home of their abductors.


See also

  • List of stars in Reticulum
    List of stars in Reticulum

    This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Reticulum, sorted by decreasing brightness....


Footnotes


Notations

  • Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). Stars and Planets Guide, Collins, London. ISBN 978-0007251209. Princeton University Press, Princeton. ISBN 978-0691135564.


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