Fornax

See also: fornax

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica, Latin for "chemical furnace".

Proper noun

Fornax

1. (astronomy) A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus.
2. (astronomy) A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax.
3. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of ovens.

Derived terms

• Fornacis

Translations

constellation

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 天爐座／天炉座 (zh) (Tiānlúzuò)

• Finnish: Sulatusuuni
• French: Fourneau (fr) m
• Galician: Forno (gl)
• German: Chemischer Ofen m
• Irish: an Fhoirnéis f
• Malay: Relau
• Polish: Piec (pl) m
• Russian: Пе́чь f (Péčʹ)
• Spanish: Fornax
• Swedish: Ugnen (sv) c
• Turkish: Ocak (tr)

Spanish

Proper noun

Fornax ?

1. (astronomy) Fornax (constellation)