Norma
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Norma is a small, faint constellation in the southern sky, located between Scorpius and Ara.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
astronomicalObject
ⓘ
constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Nor ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 165 ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | La Caille family of constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenInMonth | July ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Apus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ara NERFINISHED ⓘ Circinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lupus NERFINISHED ⓘ Scorpius NERFINISHED ⓘ Triangulum Australe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Gamma Normae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | about 4.0 ⓘ |
| containsBrightStarsBrighterThanMagnitude3 | false ⓘ |
| containsMilkyWayRegion | Norma Arm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNebula | NGC 6188 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNotableStar |
Epsilon Normae
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iota1 Normae NERFINISHED ⓘ Iota2 Normae NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOpenCluster |
NGC 6025
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 6067 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6087 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6167 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 6193 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSupernovaRemnant | RCW 86 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately −42° to −60° ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Normae ⓘ |
| hasIAUDesignation | Norma NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Nicolas Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| isCircumpolarFrom | high southern latitudes ⓘ |
| isFaint | true ⓘ |
| isSmall | true ⓘ |
| isZodiacConstellation | false ⓘ |
| liesOn | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedBetween |
Ara
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Scorpius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the carpenter’s square ⓘ |
| originalName | l’Equerre et la Règle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 74 ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 15h to 16h ⓘ |
| symbolism | a set square or rule ⓘ |
| visibleBetweenLatitudes | +30 and −90 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.