Star profile
Kappa Norma
What is Kappa Norma
Kappa Normae shines 428 light-years away in the Carpenter's Square, another of the instrumental figures Lacaille placed in the southern sky of the eighteenth century. It is a yellow G-type giant, Sun-like in colour but much larger and more luminous, already drifting beyond its stable youth. It dwells in a region of the sky crossed by the southern Milky Way, where the diffuse glow of millions of distant stars softens its silhouette.
Where it is and when to see it
Kappa 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: 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 Kappa Norma
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.95
- Distance
- 428.1 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 243.370° · Dec -54.630°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79509 · HD 145397
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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
- Delta Norma4.73
- Mu Norma4.86
- Gamma 1 Norma4.97
- Theta Norma5.13