Constellations
Corona Borealis (CrB)
The Northern Crown
Also known as northern crown.
6 looks for Corona Borealis
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 Corona Borealis
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Northern Crown
- IAU abbreviation
- CrB
- Its stars are named
- Coronae Borealis (as in "Alpha Coronae Borealis")
- Family
- Ursa Major family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 15h 44m, declination +28° 04′
- The figure
- 7 stars joined by 6 lines
- Brightest star
- Alphecca, magnitude 2.23
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Alphecca (α CrB)mag 2.23
- Nusakan (β CrB)mag 3.68
- γ CrBmag 3.84
- θ CrBmag 4.14
- ε CrBmag 4.15
- δ CrBmag 4.63
- ι CrBmag 4.99
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