Constellation Reticulum (Reticle)

Properties

The rhomboid shape of the small constellation is somewhat reminiscent of the dolphin constellation of the northern sky. Reticulum is easy to find because it is just northwest of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The area of Reticulum is 114 square degrees and the centre culminates around midnight on November 19th. ^{[9, 15]}

Data for constellation Reticulum ^[150]
IAU Name	Reticulum
IAU Genitive	Reticuli
IAU Abbr.	Ret
English Name	Reticle
Culmination at local midnight	24 November
Season (Latitude +46.8°)	[Not visible]
Right Ascension (J2000.0)	03^h 13^m 27^s … 04^h 37^m 06^s
Declination (J2000.0)	-67° 14' 53" … -52° 44' 49"
Area	114 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Hor, Hyi, Dor

Catalogues

History

Reticulum, the net, does not mean a fishing net, although it is not far from the Argo Navis, but a net engraved on glass in the telescope eyepiece, with which star positions were previously measured. This constellation was christened in 1624 by Bartsch Rhombus and later in 1752 by Lacaille Reticulum Rhomboidalis (Rhombic Network). It is intended to remind of this important astronomical measuring device. ^{[7, 10, 21]}