Constellation
The constellation Corona Borealis
CrB
Corona Borealis gathers 26 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alphecca, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around May.
Corona Borealis in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 26
- Brightest star
- Alphecca
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- May
- With a proper name
- 2
- Nearest star
- Rho Coronae Borealis
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.22
Declination from 26° to 39°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
56 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 Corona Borealis
The 26 stars of Corona Borealis catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AlpheccaAlpha Coronae Borealis2.22
- NusakanBeta Coronae Borealis3.66
- Gamma Coronae Borealis3.81
- Theta Coronae Borealis4.14
- Epsilon Coronae Borealis4.14
- Delta Coronae Borealis4.59
- Zeta 1 Coronae Borealis4.64
- Tau Coronae Borealis4.73
- Kappa Coronae Borealis4.79
- Xi Coronae Borealis4.86
- Iota Coronae Borealis4.98
- Eta Coronae Borealis4.99
- Mu Coronae Borealis5.14
- Nu 1 Coronae Borealis5.20
- Sigma Coronae Borealis5.23
- Rho Coronae Borealis5.39
- Nu 2 Coronae Borealis5.40
- Lambda Coronae Borealis5.43
- Omicron Coronae Borealis5.51
- Pi Coronae Borealis5.57
- HIP 782765.61
- HIP 793585.62
- HIP 786495.79
- Upsilon Coronae Borealis5.80
- HIP 774425.89
- Eta Coronae Borealis5.96
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.