Corona Australis
Transit Date of principal star:
9 July
Corona Australis is a small compact constellation nestled between Sagittarius and Scorpius, just east of Scorpion's stinger.
Corona Australis
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Corona Australis, the southern crown:
One of the most difficult of the ancient constellations to see from the United States.
External links
*Corona Australis photo - [3]
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Corona Australis
Abbreviation: CrA English name: Southern Crown Coordinates see Stellar data
Particulars: ...
Corona Australis was known to the Greeks not as a crown but as a wreath, which is how it is depicted on old star maps. Aratus did not name it as a separate constellation but referred to it as a circlet of stars beneath the forefeet of Sagittarius.
Objects in Corona Australis
AAT 73 The Corona Australis reflection nebula
UKS 37 The extended tail of the CrA reflection nebula
UKS 37a The CrA reflection nebula ...
CORONA AUSTRALIS
The graceful half-circlet of Corona Australis lies to the south of the Little Milk Dipper of Sagittarius.
Corona Australis (Southern Crown)
No Saint given
Origin of the constellation: Ancient Greece (Ptolemaeus) ...
Corona Australis (NASA SP-7, 1965) = Corona Austrina Corona Borealis (NASA SP-7, 1965) (abbr CrB, Cor B)
See constellation.
R Coronae Australis lies in the north central edge (19:01:53.65-36:57:07.62, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Corona Australis (see David Malin's photo, also at Astronomy Picture of the Day), ...
Corona Australis, the southern crown
Corona Borealis, the northern crown
Corvus, the crow
Crater, the cup
Cygnus, the swan
Delphinus, the dolphin
Draco, the dragon
Equuleus, the little horse
Fornax, the furnace
Hercules, the hero ...
Tycho Brahe, when compiling his catalogue of stars, was unable to observe Lupus, Ara, Corona australis and Piscis australis, on account of the latitude of Uranienburg; and hence these constellations are omitted from his catalogue.
Circinus(compasses), Columba(dove), Coma Berenices(berenice's hair), Corona Australis(southern crown),
Corona Borealis(northern crown), Corvus(crow), Crater(cup), Crux(southern cross), Cygnus(the swan), ...
R Coronae Australis lies 420 light years away in the heart of a star formation region in the constellation Corona Australis.
As the brightest star in Corona Borealis, it lent its name to the brightest in Corona Australis, Alphekka Meridiana.
In astrology it is one of the Behenian fixed stars and has the symbol .
[edit] References ...
Chamaeleon (Chamaeleontis) Circinus (Circini) Columba (Columbae)--> Coma Berenices (Comae Berenices) Corona Australis (Coronae Australis) Corona Borealis (Coronae Borealis) Corvus (Corvi) Crater (Crateris) Crux ...
CrA, Cor A International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Corona Australis. See constellation.
 See also: Corona, Constellation, Star, Sagitta, Constellations
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