Corona Borealis CrB
Corona Borealis is one of the 88 constellations, covering 179 square degrees of the sky (72nd largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
3 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | CrB |
|---|---|
| Size | 179 square degrees (72nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 15h 53m, +32° |
| 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 78° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 72°. |
| Pages here | 3 objects |
Stars
3Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6137 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.5 | 1.8′ |
| NGC 6086 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 6109 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 1′ |
| NGC 5958 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 1.1′ |
| NGC 6131 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 1.1′ |
| NGC 6104 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 0.9′ |
| NGC 6126 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 0.9′ |
| NGC 6107 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.8 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 5961 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.8 | 0.8′ |
| NGC 5974 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.2 | 0.6′ |
| NGC 6001 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.3 | 1.1′ |
| NGC 6120 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.3 | 0.5′ |
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