Constellations
Horologium (Hor)
The Pendulum Clock
Also known as clock, pendulum clock.
6 looks for Horologium
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 Horologium
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Pendulum Clock
- IAU abbreviation
- Hor
- Its stars are named
- Horologii (as in "Alpha Horologii")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in December
- Centre
- Right ascension 3h 06m, declination −54° 21′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- α Hor, magnitude 3.86
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Hormag 3.86
- β Hormag 4.99
- μ Hormag 5.11
- ζ Hormag 5.21
- η Hormag 5.31
- ι Hormag 5.41
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