Constellations
Northern Cross
In Cygnus
6 looks for Northern Cross
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 Northern Cross
- What it is
- A star pattern: The Swan's long neck and outstretched wings
- Family
- Famous star patterns
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 20h 12m, declination +38° 47′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- Deneb, magnitude 1.25
It sits in Cygnus.
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Deneb (α Cyg)mag 1.25
- Sadr (γ Cyg)mag 2.20
- Aljanah (ε Cyg)mag 2.46
- Fawaris (δ Cyg)mag 2.87
- Albireo (β1 Cyg)mag 2.92
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