Stars
Octans is a very faint constellation; its brightest star is Nu Octantis, a magnitude 3.8 star. Sigma Octantis, the southern pole star, is a magnitude 5.46 star about 1 degree away from the South Celestial Pole. Its faintness means that it cannot be used for navigation.
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