Constellation
The constellation Delphinus
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Delphinus gathers 18 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Rotanev, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around August.
Delphinus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 18
- Brightest star
- Rotanev
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- August
- With a proper name
- 4
- Nearest star
- Kappa Delphinus
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.64
Declination from 6° to 19°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
98 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 Delphinus
The 18 stars of Delphinus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- RotanevBeta Delphinus3.64
- SualocinAlpha Delphinus3.77
- AldulfinEpsilon Delphinus4.03
- Gamma 2 Delphinus4.27
- Delta Delphinus4.43
- Zeta Delphinus4.64
- Kappa Delphinus5.07
- Gamma 1 Delphinus5.15
- 17 Delphinus5.19
- Eta Delphinus5.39
- Iota Delphinus5.42
- Musica5.51
- 16 Delphinus5.54
- 13 Delphinus5.57
- Theta Delphinus5.69
- HIP 1036755.69
- HIP 1002565.96
- HIP 1019095.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.