Constellations
Triangulum (Tri)
The Triangle
Also known as triangle.
6 looks for Triangulum
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 Triangulum
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Triangle
- IAU abbreviation
- Tri
- Its stars are named
- Trianguli (as in "Alpha Trianguli")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in December
- Centre
- Right ascension 2h 06m, declination +32° 50′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- Mizan, magnitude 3.00
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Mizan (β Tri)mag 3.00
- Mothallah (α Tri)mag 3.41
- γ Trimag 4.01
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