Constellations
Great Diamond
In Boötes, Virgo, Leo and Canes Venatici
Also known as spring diamond.
6 looks for Great Diamond
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 Great Diamond
- What it is
- A star pattern: Arcturus, Spica, Denebola and Cor Caroli across the spring sky
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in May
- Centre
- Right ascension 13h 07m, declination +15° 43′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- Arcturus, magnitude -0.04
It sits in Boötes, Virgo, Leo and Canes Venatici.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Arcturus (α Boo)mag -0.04
- Spica (α Vir)mag 0.98
- Denebola (β Leo)mag 2.14
- Cor Caroli (α2 CVn)mag 2.81
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