Antlia Ant
Antlia is one of the 88 constellations, covering 241 square degrees of the sky (62nd largest). It is highest at midnight in February and best in the evening sky in March and April.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Ant |
|---|---|
| Size | 241 square degrees (62nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 10h 08m, −34° |
| Highest at midnight | February (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: March and April) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 36° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 6°. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 2997 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.4 | 10.3′ |
| NGC 3223 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 4.3′ |
| NGC 3250 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 3′ |
| NGC 3175 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 5.3′ |
| NGC 3100 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 3.6′ |
| NGC 3258 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 2.9′ |
| NGC 3268 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 3.5′ |
| NGC 3087 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 3108 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 3347 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 4.1′ |
| NGC 3001 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 3′ |
| NGC 3137 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 5.6′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits