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English name | Triangle | ||||
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Major stars | beta Trianguli | magn. 3,1 | RA: 02h 09m 32.59s | Dec: +34° 59' 14.2" | |
Description | Small constellation, not very brilliant but with a characteristic shape: it is situated between Aries and Andromeda.
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Mythology and history | The Greeks called this constellation Deltoton, considering that it remembers the shape of a capital delta. Aratus speaks about it as an isosceles triangle; for Eratostenes it represents the Nile mouth; Hyginus identifies it with the Trinacria island, that is Sicily. |