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Moving bodies
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41 fixed stars
S01 Acrux · α CrucisCrux · RA 12.44h · Dec −63.10° · mag 0.80 S02 Mimosa · β CrucisCrux · RA 12.80h · Dec −59.69° · mag 1.25 S03 Gacrux · γ CrucisCrux · RA 12.52h · Dec −57.11° · mag 1.60 S04 Imai · δ CrucisCrux · RA 12.25h · Dec −58.75° · mag 2.80 S05 Ginan · ε CrucisCrux · RA 12.36h · Dec −60.40° · mag 3.60 S06 Rigil Kentaurus · α CentauriCentaurus · RA 14.66h · Dec −60.83° · mag -0.27 S07 Hadar · β CentauriCentaurus · RA 14.06h · Dec −60.37° · mag 0.60 S08 ε CentauriCentaurus · RA 13.66h · Dec −53.47° · mag 2.30 S09 ζ CentauriCentaurus · RA 13.93h · Dec −47.29° · mag 2.55 S10 γ CentauriCentaurus · RA 12.69h · Dec −48.96° · mag 2.17 S11 δ CentauriCentaurus · RA 12.14h · Dec −50.72° · mag 2.57 S12 η CentauriCentaurus · RA 14.59h · Dec −42.16° · mag 2.31 S13 Canopus · α CarinaeCarina · RA 6.40h · Dec −52.70° · mag -0.74 S14 Miaplacidus · β CarinaeCarina · RA 9.22h · Dec −69.72° · mag 1.69 S15 Avior · ε CarinaeCarina · RA 8.38h · Dec −59.51° · mag 1.86 S16 Aspidiske · ι CarinaeCarina · RA 9.28h · Dec −59.27° · mag 2.21 S17 θ CarinaeCarina · RA 10.72h · Dec −64.39° · mag 2.76 S18 δ VelorumVela · RA 8.75h · Dec −54.71° · mag 1.96 S19 κ VelorumVela · RA 9.37h · Dec −55.01° · mag 2.47 S20 γ VelorumVela · RA 8.16h · Dec −47.34° · mag 1.83 S21 Suhail · λ VelorumVela · RA 9.13h · Dec −43.43° · mag 2.21 S22 Naos · ζ PuppisPuppis · RA 8.06h · Dec −40.00° · mag 2.25 S23 Atria · α Trianguli AustralisTriangulum Australe · RA 16.81h · Dec −69.03° · mag 1.91 S24 β Trianguli AustralisTriangulum Australe · RA 15.92h · Dec −63.43° · mag 2.85 S25 γ Trianguli AustralisTriangulum Australe · RA 15.32h · Dec −68.68° · mag 2.89 S26 Peacock · α PavonisPavo · RA 20.43h · Dec −56.73° · mag 1.94 S27 α AraeAra · RA 17.53h · Dec −49.88° · mag 2.84 S28 β AraeAra · RA 17.42h · Dec −55.53° · mag 2.84 S29 α MuscaeMusca · RA 12.62h · Dec −69.14° · mag 2.69 S30 β MuscaeMusca · RA 12.77h · Dec −68.11° · mag 3.05 S31 Shaula · λ ScorpiiScorpius · RA 17.56h · Dec −37.10° · mag 1.62 S32 Sargas · θ ScorpiiScorpius · RA 17.62h · Dec −43.00° · mag 1.86 S33 κ ScorpiiScorpius · RA 17.71h · Dec −39.03° · mag 2.39 S34 Alnair · α GruisGrus · RA 22.14h · Dec −46.96° · mag 1.74 S35 β GruisGrus · RA 22.71h · Dec −46.88° · mag 2.11 S36 Ankaa · α PhoenicisPhoenix · RA 0.44h · Dec −42.31° · mag 2.39 S37 α HydriHydrus · RA 1.98h · Dec −61.57° · mag 2.86 S38 β HydriHydrus · RA 0.43h · Dec −77.25° · mag 2.80 S39 α TucanaeTucana · RA 22.31h · Dec −60.26° · mag 2.85 S40 Achernar · α EridaniEridanus · RA 1.63h · Dec −57.24° · mag 0.46 S41 σ Octantis, near the South Celestial PoleOctans · RA 21.15h · Dec −88.96° · mag 5.47
Also on the dial The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, and the Coalsack, the dark cloud beside the Cross.
The star identifiers stay with the stars as the field turns clockwise around the South Celestial Pole. The planet identifiers move independently because the planets wander against the fixed stellar background. Coordinates are J2000 catalogue values; displayed positions are calculated for the current time. The Sun, Moon and planets sit in their true direction from the pole; their distance from the centre is set to a ring near the rim, so they stay on the dial.
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