Corona Australis

E106313
constellation southern constellation

Corona Australis is a small, southern constellation near the Milky Way, notable for its distinctive arc of stars and associated dark molecular cloud complex rich in star formation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Corona Australis canonical 5
Coronae Australis 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
southern constellation ⓘ
abbreviation CrA ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees approximately 128 ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
borderedBy Ara ⓘ
Microscopium ⓘ
Sagittarius ⓘ
Scorpius ⓘ
Telescopium ⓘ
brightestStar Alpha Coronae Australis ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude approximately 4.1 ⓘ
cataloguedBy Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy
contains Alpha Coronae Australis ⓘ
Beta Coronae Australis ⓘ
Corona Australis molecular cloud complex ⓘ
Delta Coronae Australis ⓘ
Epsilon Coronae Australis ⓘ
Gamma Coronae Australis ⓘ
Herbig–Haro objects ⓘ
R Coronae Australis ⓘ
TY Coronae Australis ⓘ
Theta Coronae Australis ⓘ
V Coronae Australis ⓘ
dark nebulae ⓘ
globular cluster NGC 6541 ⓘ
open cluster NGC 6520 (near its border) ⓘ
reflection nebula NGC 6726 ⓘ
reflection nebula NGC 6726 ⓘ
surface form: reflection nebula NGC 6727

reflection nebula NGC 6726 ⓘ
surface form: reflection nebula NGC 6729

star-forming regions ⓘ
variable stars ⓘ
young stellar objects ⓘ
declinationRange approximately −37° to −45° ⓘ
genitiveForm Corona Australis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Coronae Australis
hasIAUBoundariesDefinedBy Eugène Delporte ⓘ
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
IAUConstellationFamily Hercules family ⓘ
locatedNear Milky Way ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation crown of the centaur or a wreath laid by Sagittarius ⓘ
nameMeaning Southern Crown ⓘ
notableFeature arc of stars ⓘ
numberOfMainStars about 8 ⓘ
rankByArea 80th of the 88 constellations ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 17h to 19h ⓘ
visibleBest summer in Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
winter in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
zodiacRelation adjacent to Sagittarius ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sagittarius → borderingConstellation → Corona Australis ⓘ
Corona Australis → genitiveForm → Corona Australis self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coronae Australis
Telescopium → borderingConstellation → Corona Australis ⓘ
Scorpius → borderedByConstellation → Corona Australis ⓘ
Microscopium → borderingConstellation → Corona Australis ⓘ
Ptolemy’s 48 constellations → includesConstellation → Corona Australis ⓘ