Corona Australis

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Corona Australis canonical 5
Coronae Australis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 Ptolemy
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
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 6727
reflection nebula NGC 6729
star-forming regions
variable stars
young stellar objects
declinationRange approximately −37° to −45°
genitiveForm Coronae Australis
linked to: Corona 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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Sagittarius borderingConstellation Corona Australis
Corona Australis genitiveForm Coronae Australis
linked to: Corona Australis
Telescopium borderingConstellation Corona Australis
Scorpius borderedByConstellation Corona Australis
Microscopium borderingConstellation Corona Australis