Columba Col
Columba is one of the 88 constellations, covering 270 square degrees of the sky (54th largest). It is highest at midnight in December and best in the evening sky in January and February.
2 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Col |
|---|---|
| Size | 270 square degrees (54th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 5h 47m, −36° |
| Highest at midnight | December (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: January and February) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 34° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 4°. |
| Pages here | 2 objects |
Stars
2Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 1792 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 5.5′ |
| NGC 1808 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 2090 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.9 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 2188 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 5.4′ |
| NGC 1800 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 1879 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 2.4′ |
| IC 2158 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.9 | 1.4′ |
| IC 2150 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.9 | 2.9′ |
| NGC 1827 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 3.2′ |
| IC 2135 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 3.2′ |
| IC 2147 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 2049 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.7 | 2.1′ |
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