Constellation
The constellation Fornax
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Fornax gathers 26 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Dalim, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around November.
Fornax in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 26
- Brightest star
- Dalim
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- November
- With a proper name
- 1
- Nearest star
- Dalim
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.80
Declination from -38° to -24°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
46 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 Fornax
The 26 stars of Fornax catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- DalimAlpha Fornax3.80
- Beta Fornax4.45
- Nu Fornax4.68
- Omega Fornax4.96
- Delta Fornax4.99
- Phi Fornax5.13
- Kappa Fornax5.19
- Mu Fornax5.27
- Pi Fornax5.34
- Gamma 2 Fornax5.39
- Eta 3 Fornax5.48
- Rho Fornax5.52
- HIP 154795.63
- Zeta Fornax5.69
- Chi 2 Fornax5.71
- Iota 1 Fornax5.74
- Lambda 2 Fornax5.78
- Iota 2 Fornax5.84
- Epsilon Fornax5.88
- Lambda 1 Fornax5.91
- Sigma Fornax5.91
- Eta 2 Fornax5.92
- Psi Fornax5.93
- HIP 153575.93
- HIP 160295.93
- HIP 126085.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.