Constellation
The constellation Octans
Oct
Octans gathers 35 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Nu Octans, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around August.
Octans in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 35
- Brightest star
- Nu Octans
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- August
- With a proper name
- 1
- Nearest star
- Nu Octans
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 3.73
Declination from -89° to -75°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
69 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 Octans
The 35 stars of Octans catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Nu Octans3.73
- Beta Octans4.13
- Delta Octans4.31
- Theta Octans4.78
- Epsilon Octans5.09
- Gamma 1 Octans5.10
- Alpha Octans5.13
- Lambda Octans5.27
- Gamma 3 Octans5.29
- Chi Octans5.29
- Xi Octans5.32
- Zeta Octans5.43
- Polaris AustralisSigma Octans5.45
- Iota Octans5.45
- Phi Octans5.47
- Psi Octans5.49
- Tau Octans5.50
- Kappa Octans5.56
- Rho Octans5.57
- Pi 1 Octans5.65
- Pi 2 Octans5.65
- HIP 75685.66
- Gamma 2 Octans5.72
- HIP 1171255.74
- HIP 1014275.76
- Upsilon Octans5.76
- HIP 10745.78
- HIP 1162505.82
- Omega Octans5.88
- HIP 76015.88
- HIP 1018435.89
- HIP 1088495.94
- HIP 906065.95
- Mu 1 Octans5.99
- HIP 1166535.99
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.