Triangulum Australe TrA
Triangulum Australe is one of the 88 constellations, covering 110 square degrees of the sky (83rd largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | TrA |
|---|---|
| Size | 110 square degrees (83rd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 16h 03m, −66° |
| 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 4° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Stars
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6025 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 5.1 | 11.4′ |
| NGC 5938 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.5 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 5979 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.5 | 0.1′ |
| NGC 6156 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 1.9′ |
| IC 4585 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 5844 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 12.7 | 0.9′ |
| IC 4595 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 3.3′ |
| IC 4571 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.9 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 6183 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.1 | 2.4′ |
| IC 4584 (on the map) | Galaxy | 15.8 | 2′ |
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