Constellations · Constellation · Coronae Austrini · CrA
Constellation
Corona Australis
The southern crown, a small arc of stars at the Archer’s feet — the wreath Dionysus set in the sky when he brought his mother Semele back from the underworld.
- Genitive
- Coronae Austrini
- Area
- 128 square degrees · 80th of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 4.10
- Naked-eye stars
- 46 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- early July
Look for
Close to the southern crown is one of the nearest star-forming regions, just 430 light-years away, where young stars light up small blue nebulae.