Star profile
Lambda Norma
What is Lambda Norma
Lambda Normae is a white double in the small Carpenter's Square, that modest constellation Lacaille traced near the body of Scorpius. At 349 light-years, its combined magnitude lies right at the threshold of the naked eye: it can only be found from truly dark skies, far from cities. It belongs to a discreet corner of the Milky Way, dense with stars but poor in famous figures.
Where it is and when to see it
Lambda 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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Astronomical data for Lambda Norma
- Constellation
- Norma
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.44
- Distance
- 348.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 244.824° · Dec -42.674°
- Catalogue
- HIP 79963 · HD 146667
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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
- HIP 802085.32
- HIP 807825.35
- HIP 766185.43
- HIP 797545.45
- Iota 2 Norma5.57