Constellations
Circinus (Cir)
The Compasses
Also known as compasses.
6 looks for Circinus
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 Circinus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Compasses
- IAU abbreviation
- Cir
- Its stars are named
- Circini (as in "Alpha Circini")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in June
- Centre
- Right ascension 15h 09m, declination −61° 06′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 2 lines
- Brightest star
- α Cir, magnitude 3.19
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Cirmag 3.19
- β Cirmag 4.07
- γ Cirmag 4.51
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