Norma Nor
Norma is one of the 88 constellations, covering 165 square degrees of the sky (74th largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
2 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Nor |
|---|---|
| Size | 165 square degrees (74th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 16h 04m, −52° |
| 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 18° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 2 objects |
Nebulae
1Star clusters
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6087 (S Nor Cluster) | Open star cluster | 5.4 | 10.2′ |
| NGC 6067 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 5.6 | 8.1′ |
| NGC 6169 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6.6 | 4.2′ |
| NGC 6167 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 6.7 | 7.2′ |
| NGC 6164 (on the map) | Nebula | 6.7 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 6165 (on the map) | Nebula | 6.7 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 6134 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.2 | 6.9′ |
| NGC 6152 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.1 | 6.6′ |
| NGC 5925 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.4 | 4.8′ |
| NGC 6031 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.5 | 4.8′ |
| NGC 5999 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 6115 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.8 | 4.5′ |
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