Southern Crown

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Southern Crown is a small constellation in the southern sky, traditionally depicted as a jeweled crown.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Southern Crown canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
constellation
molecularCloud
variableStar
belongsTo listOf88ModernConstellations
borders Ara
Sagittarius
Scorpius
Telescopium
contains openClusterCollinder 394
reflectionNebulaNGC 6726
reflectionNebulaNGC 6727
reflectionNebulaNGC 6729
variableStarR Coronae Australis
linked to: V Coronae Australis
hasAbbreviation CrA
hasApparentMagnitude 4.10
hasArea 128 square degrees
hasBrightestStar Alpha Coronae Australis
hasCulturalOrigin Greco-RomanAstronomy
hasDeclinationRange −45° to −64°
hasDiscoveryEpoch 2nd century
hasEclipticLongitudeRange approximately270° to 290°
hasGenitiveForm Coronae Australis
linked to: Corona Australis
hasIAUCode CrA
hasIAUConstellationFamily Hercules family
hasMainAsterismShape arcOfStars
hasMeteorShower Corona Australids
hasName Corona Australis
hasNameEtymology Latin for "Southern Crown"
hasNotableDeepSkyObject Corona Australis Molecular Cloud
hasNotableStar Beta Coronae Australis
Delta Coronae Australis
Epsilon Coronae Australis
Gamma Coronae Australis
Theta Coronae Australis
hasNumberOfStarsBrighterThan3.0Mag 0
hasQuadrant SQ4
hasRightAscensionRange 18h36m to 19h19m
isAlsoCalled Alp CrA
isDepictedAs jeweledCrown
wreath
isLocatedIn southernCelestialHemisphere
isOppositeOnSkyTo Corona Borealis
isRankedByArea 80
recognizedBy International Astronomical Union
visibleBestInMonth August
visibleBetweenLatitudes +40° to −90°
wasIntroducedBy Ptolemy

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

Corona Australis nameMeaning Southern Crown