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There is no real mythology related to Octans, partially due to its extreme southerly latitude.
Other than the south polar constellation of Octans, it is the most southerly of constellations.
It lies in the dim constellation Octans, the Octant.
HD 212301 is a yellow-white main sequence star located approximately 172 light years (53 parsecs) away in the south circumpolar constellation Octans.
From that time also, Octans began to range farther to the north as she made supply trips to Leyte, Mindoro, and Luzon.
The name octant derives from the Latin octans meaning eighth part of a circle, because the instrument's arc is one eighth of a circle.
With x 7, it is just in the same field with the little trio of Gamma Octantis, which is a good way of locating Octans.
It is bordered by Triangulum Australe, Circinus, Musca, Chamaeleon, Octans, Pavo and Ara.
Following two weeks of fitting out at Oakland, California, Octans departed San Francisco Bay on 25 June 1943, bound for Noumea, New Caledonia.
Once Sigma Octantis' approximate position has been determined, either by the major stars in Octans or using the Southern Cross method, it can be positively verified using an asterism.
It was well placed for viewing in the southern hemisphere in January 2013 to observe it brightening, crossing Centaurus, Crux and Chameleon, and into February when it was circumpolar in Octans.
The La Caille Family is a group of 13 constellations composed of Norma, Circinus, Telescopium, Microscopium, Sculptor, Fornax, Caelum, Horologium, Octans, Mensa, Reticulum, Pictor, and Antlia.