Star profile
Delta Norma
What is Delta Norma
Delta Normae inhabits one of the youngest and most modest constellations in the sky, the Carpenter's Square, drawn by the French astronomer Lacaille in the eighteenth century to fill the gaps of the southern heavens. It is a white A-type star lying 122 light-years away, a young and hot body whose light cuts through the southern band of the Milky Way. Its clean brilliance stands out amid the dust of a densely seeded firmament, deep in the luminous river of the galaxy.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta 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 May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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A public signature from a real person. The chosen name is a symbolic denomination within Stelvia, with no official standing or IAU recognition: the sky is not for sale and belongs to no one.
Astronomical data for Delta Norma
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.73
- Distance
- 122.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 241.623° · Dec -45.173°
- Catalogue
- HIP 78914 · HD 144197
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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
- Iota 1 Norma4.63
- Eta Norma4.65
- Mu Norma4.86
- Kappa Norma4.95
- Gamma 1 Norma4.97
- Theta Norma5.13