1. Covering 291 square degrees, Octans ranks 50th in area out of the 88 modern constellations. 2. "' R Octantis "'is a Mira variable star located in the southern constellation of Octans . 3. The constellation later lost some of its tail when Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille used those stars to establish Octans in the 1750s. 4. NOTE : also requisitioned from the United Fruit Co . was the SS Ulua; which became the USS Octans , AF-26. 5. "' HD 142022 "'is a binary star system located in the southernmost constellation of Octans located at a ly. 6. "Octans " sailed to the U . S . East Coast and arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, on 20 February 1946. 7. In 1998 Boezems designs the sculpture " Polaris & Octans " for the urban office park " Brainpark " near Rotterdam. 8. They symbolize, as the title already suggests, the region around the northern polestar ( Polaris ) and the southern polestar ( Octans ). 9. From that time also, " Octans " began to range farther to the north as she made supply trips to Leyte, Mindoro, and Luzon. 10. Following two weeks of fitting out at Oakland, California, " Octans " departed San Francisco Bay on 25 June 1943, bound for Noumea, New Caledonia.
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