Octans

+Octans is a faint [constellation](/wiki/constellation) in the deep [Southern Sky](/wiki/southern_sky), significant for containing the invisible point of the South Celestial Pole. Named for the octant, a navigational instrument, it quietly marks the Earth's rotational axis.

+## See also

+- [Constellation](/wiki/constellation)

+- [South Pole](/wiki/south_pole)

+- [Southern Hemisphere](/wiki/southern_hemisphere)