Star profile
Iota 1 Norma
What is Iota 1 Norma
Iota-1 Normae is a white star about 129 light-years away, in a small constellation invented in the eighteenth century to honour the cartographer's set square. It is close in stellar terms and lies in a southern sky corner crossed by the Milky Way. There, among dust clouds and dense star fields, its clean light stands out like a precision instrument.
Where it is and when to see it
Iota 1 Norma lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 66° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 32° N.
It ranks no. 3 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 130 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Iota 1 Norma
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.63
- Distance
- 128.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 240.884° · Dec -57.775°
- Catalogue
- HIP 78662 · HD 143474
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Other stars in Norma
Norma has 26 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Gamma 2 Norma4.01
- Epsilon Norma4.46
- Eta Norma4.65
- Delta Norma4.73
- Mu Norma4.86
- Kappa Norma4.95
- Gamma 1 Norma4.97
- Theta Norma5.13