Constellation
The constellation Columba
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Columba gathers 45 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Phact, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around December.
Columba in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 45
- Brightest star
- Phact
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- December
- With a proper name
- 3
- Nearest star
- Wazn
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.65
Declination from -43° to -27°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
87 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 Columba
The 45 stars of Columba catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- PhactAlpha Columbae2.65
- WaznBeta Columbae3.12
- Delta Columbae3.85
- Epsilon Columbae3.86
- Eta Columbae3.96
- Gamma Columbae4.36
- Kappa Columbae4.37
- Omicron Columbae4.81
- Lambda Columbae4.88
- Xi Columbae4.97
- ElkurudTheta Columbae5.00
- Mu Columbae5.18
- HIP 311655.25
- Nu 2 Columbae5.28
- HIP 268685.29
- HIP 312995.42
- HIP 266495.44
- HIP 259935.45
- Pi 2 Columbae5.50
- Sigma Columbae5.52
- HIP 285245.54
- HIP 292635.54
- HIP 298425.54
- HIP 279555.55
- HIP 301435.55
- HIP 256085.56
- HIP 314575.59
- HIP 277665.62
- HIP 304445.62
- HIP 287565.65
- HIP 316375.72
- HIP 251945.73
- HIP 244265.75
- HIP 260195.75
- HIP 262195.76
- HIP 300695.76
- HIP 288995.79
- HIP 288555.80
- HIP 265455.81
- HIP 289925.82
- HIP 310725.82
- HIP 254885.86
- HIP 298525.88
- HIP 248315.98
- HIP 298086.00
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.