Constellations
Reticulum (Ret)
The Reticle
Also known as reticle, net.
6 looks for Reticulum
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 Reticulum
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Reticle
- IAU abbreviation
- Ret
- Its stars are named
- Reticuli (as in "Alpha Reticuli")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 4h 04m, declination −62° 02′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 4 lines
- Brightest star
- α Ret, magnitude 3.35
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Retmag 3.35
- β Retmag 3.85
- ε Retmag 4.44
- δ Retmag 4.56
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