Constellations
Antlia (Ant)
The Air Pump
Also known as air pump.
6 looks for Antlia
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Antlia
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Air Pump
- IAU abbreviation
- Ant
- Its stars are named
- Antliae (as in "Alpha Antliae")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in April
- Centre
- Right ascension 10h 18m, declination −35° 03′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 2 lines
- Brightest star
- α Ant, magnitude 4.25
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Antmag 4.25
- ε Antmag 4.51
- ι Antmag 4.60
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation