Star profile

Delta Coronae Australis

3D likeness based on its real data · class K · ~4,200 K

What is Delta Coronae Australis

Delta Coronae Australis is a solitary orange giant, without companions, in the small Southern Crown that curves below Sagittarius. Eleven times the Sun's radius and fifty-five times its light, in the midst of helium fusion at its core. At 178 light-years, its warm tone completes the southern diadem that the ancients imagined as a warrior's fallen laurel, far less celebrated than its northern twin.

Where it is and when to see it

Delta Coronae Australis lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.

From London it never rises above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 9° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 83° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 50° N.

It ranks no. 4 in brightness among the 29 stars of Corona Australis in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Coronae Australis, the brightest: it lies about 1° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).

The light you see today left it about 180 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Delta Coronae Australis

Constellation: Corona Australis
Apparent magnitude: 4.57
Distance: 178.5 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 287.087° · Dec -40.497°
Catalogue: HIP 94005 · HD 177873

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Other stars in Corona Australis

Corona Australis has 29 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.

See all 29 stars in Corona Australis