Star profile
Gamma 1 Norma
Highly luminous starWhat is Gamma 1 Norma
Gamma1 Normae is an extraordinarily luminous F-type star, set some 1,470 light-years away inside the small constellation of the carpenter's rule. Its light, still perceptible to the naked eye despite the enormous distance, reveals a star vastly brighter than the Sun; what we see today left its surface centuries before the first circumnavigation of the globe.
Where it is and when to see it
Gamma 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 culminates about 74° above the horizon.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 40° N.
It ranks no. 8 in brightness among the 26 stars of Norma in our catalogue. To find it, start from Gamma 2 Norma, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 1,500 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Gamma 1 Norma
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.97
- Distance
- 1469.4 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 244.254° · Dec -50.068°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79790 · HD 146143
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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
- Delta Norma4.73
- Mu Norma4.86
- Kappa Norma4.95
- Theta Norma5.13
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