Corona Australis CrA
Corona Australis is one of the 88 constellations, covering 128 square degrees of the sky (80th largest). It is highest at midnight in June and best in the evening sky in July and August.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | CrA |
|---|---|
| Size | 128 square degrees (80th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 18h 38m, −41° |
| Highest at midnight | June (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: July and August) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 29° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Stars
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC 1297 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.7 | 0.1′ |
| IC 4808 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.7 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 6768 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.7 | 1.3′ |
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