Constellation
The constellation Antlia
Ant
Antlia gathers 23 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Antliae, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around February.
Antlia in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 23
- Brightest star
- Alpha Antliae
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- February
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Eta Antliae
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 4.28
Declination from -40° to -25°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
109 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Antlia
The 23 stars of Antlia catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Antliae4.28
- Epsilon Antliae4.51
- Iota Antliae4.60
- Theta Antliae4.78
- Eta Antliae5.23
- HIP 508885.34
- HIP 541735.43
- HIP 465785.49
- HIP 518215.50
- HIP 504565.52
- Delta Antliae5.57
- HYG 1186455.60
- HIP 529655.61
- HIP 471995.62
- HIP 524075.63
- HIP 471875.68
- Zeta 1 Antliae5.75
- HIP 487485.83
- HIP 467365.86
- Zeta 2 Antliae5.91
- HIP 501035.91
- HIP 481915.95
- HIP 472245.96
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.