Circinus Cir
Circinus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 93 square degrees of the sky (85th largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Cir |
|---|---|
| Size | 93 square degrees (85th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 14h 48m, −63° |
| Highest at midnight | May (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: June and July) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 7° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Galaxies
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 5823 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.9 | 3.9′ |
| NGC 5315 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 9.8 | 0.1′ |
| NGC 5715 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.8 | 3.6′ |
| ESO097-013 (Circinus Galaxy) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 8.7′ |
| NGC 5288 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 11.8 | 3.6′ |
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