Constellations
Norma (Nor)
The Carpenter's Square
Also known as carpenters square, level.
6 looks for Norma
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 Norma
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Carpenter's Square
- IAU abbreviation
- Nor
- Its stars are named
- Normae (as in "Alpha Normae")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 16h 14m, declination −48° 03′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- γ2 Nor, magnitude 4.02
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- γ2 Normag 4.02
- ε Normag 4.47
- η Normag 4.65
- δ Normag 4.72
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