Crater Crt
Crater is one of the 88 constellations, covering 281 square degrees of the sky (53rd largest). It is highest at midnight in March and best in the evening sky in April and May.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Crt |
|---|---|
| Size | 281 square degrees (53rd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 11h 24m, −16° |
| Highest at midnight | March (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: April and May) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 54° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 24°. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 3962 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.7 | 4.2′ |
| NGC 3887 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.9 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 3511 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 6′ |
| NGC 3892 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 3672 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 2.9′ |
| NGC 3981 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 3513 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 3955 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 4.2′ |
| IC 2627 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 3732 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.4 | 1.3′ |
| NGC 3636 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.4 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 3956 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.5 | 3.5′ |
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