Antlia

E754940
constellation galaxy cluster southern constellation

Antlia is a faint southern constellation representing an air pump, located near the constellations Hydra and Vela.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Antlia Cluster 0
Alpha Antliae 0
Antlia Dwarf Galaxy 0

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
galaxy cluster ⓘ
southern constellation ⓘ
abbreviation Ant ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Eight-Burst Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 4.25 ⓘ
4.51 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 239 ⓘ
belongsTo 88 modern constellations ⓘ
borderedBy Centaurus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hydrus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pyxis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vela NERFINISHED ⓘ
brightestStar Alpha Antliae NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Antlia Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antlia Dwarf Galaxy NERFINISHED ⓘ
NGC 2997 NERFINISHED ⓘ
planetary nebula NGC 3132 NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsBrightStarsBrighterThanMagnitude3 false ⓘ
coordinateSystem equatorial ⓘ
createdBy Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED ⓘ
creationEpoch 18th century ⓘ
declinationRange approximately −25° to −40° ⓘ
distanceFromEarth approximately 40 megaparsecs ⓘ
genitiveForm Antliae NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMeteorShowers no major meteor showers associated ⓘ
hemisphere Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
iauConstellationCode Ant ⓘ
introducedIn Lacaille’s 1763 star catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ
isFaint true ⓘ
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Antlia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antlia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antlia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Antlia NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf Local Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameMeaning air pump ⓘ
originalName Antlia Pneumatica NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankByArea 62 ⓘ
recognizedBy International Astronomical Union NERFINISHED ⓘ
represents air pump ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 09h 26m to 11h 05m ⓘ
secondBrightestStar Epsilon Antliae NERFINISHED ⓘ
spectralType K4III ⓘ
visibleBestIn March ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Centaurus → borderedBy → Antlia ⓘ
Vela → borders → Antlia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyxis
Vela → borders → Antlia ⓘ
Nicolas de Lacaille → introducedConstellation → Antlia ⓘ
ArgoMoon CubeSat → relatedMission → Antlia ⓘ
subject surface form: ArgoMoon
this entity surface form: EQUULEUS