✧ Triangulum Australe

  Triangulum Australe is an asterism in Triangulum Australe.

                              ⢠•⡀
                             ⡴⠋ ⢳⡀
                           ⢠⠞⠁   ⢳⡀
                          ⡴⠋      ⠳⡄
                        ⢀⡞⠁        ⠹⡄
                       ⣰⠋           ⠹⡄
                     ⢀⡞⠁             ⠹⣄
                    ⣰⠋                ⠘⣆
                  ⢀⡞⠁                  ⠘⣆
                 ⣰⠋                     ⠘⣆
               ⢀⡞⠁                       ⠈⢧
              ⣰⠋            ⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠬•
             •⠓⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉

  Type            Asterism
  Constellation   Triangulum Australe
  Stars           3

  More information about Triangulum Australe

  A small, neat triangle of second and third magnitude stars below The
  Pointers, and easier to pick out than the northern Triangulum it is
  named after. It was drawn from the measurements Pieter Keyser and
  Frederick de Houtman brought home from the Dutch voyage to the East
  Indies in the 1590s, the same batch that produced Grus, Pavo and
  Phoenix. NGC 6025, an open cluster, sits at the northern corner.

  Etymology
  From        Latin
  Reading     Triangulum Australe
  Literally   the southern triangle

  The evolution of Triangulum Australe over time

  -50,000 years
  
                                               • Betria
                                              ⢸⠉⢇
                                              ⡏ ⠈⡆
                                             ⢸⠁  ⠘⡄
                                             ⡏    ⠹⡀
                                            ⢸      ⢱
                                            ⡇       ⢣
                                           ⢸        ⠈⢇
                                           ⡇         ⠈⡆
                                          ⢸           ⠘⡄
                                          ⡇            ⠸⡀
                                         ⢸              ⢱⡀
                                         ⡇               ⢳
                                        ⢸                 ⢇
                                        ⡇                 ⠈⣆
                                       ⢸                   ⠘⡆
                                       ⡇                    ⠸⡀
                                      ⢸                      ⢱⡀
                                     ⢀⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⠒• Gatria
                                      • Atria
  
  now
  
  
  
  
  
                                                    ⢠• Betria
                                                  ⢀⠴⠁⠈⢦
                                                 ⡠⠋   ⠈⢣
                                               ⢠⠎⠁      ⠣⡀
                                             ⢀⠴⠁         ⠑⡄
                                            ⡠⠋            ⠘⣆
                                          ⢠⠎⠁              ⠘⢆
                                         ⡴⠁                 ⠈⢢
                                       ⡠⠋                     ⢣⡀
                                     ⢠⠜⠁                     ⢀⣀⣳⡀
                                    ⠴⠥⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠚⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉  • Gatria
                                    • Atria
  
  
  
  
  
  +50,000 years
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
                                                              Betria
                                                      ⢀⣀⣀⡠⠤⠤•⠤⣄⣀
                                           ⢀⣀⣀⠤⠤⠤⠒⠒⢊⣉⣉⣁⣀⣀⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠔⠚⠛⠓• Gatria
                                  ⢠⠤⠤⠴⠶⠶⠞⠛⠛⠓⠒⠒⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁
                                  • Atria
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 13%, and the furthest
  any of its stars travels is 6.1 degrees. Atria drifts the opposite way to the other 2, which
  travel together. Proper motion only: this is the shape changing, not the sky turning or the
  pole moving.

  curl 'skymap.sh/Triangulum%20Australe/evolution.gif'

  where it is tonight:  skymap.sh/Triangulum Australe