Star profile

Meridiana

Alpha Coronae Australis · Corona Australis

3D likeness based on its real data · class A · ~8,500 K

What is Meridiana

Meridiana crowns the small Southern Crown, a white A-type star 125 light-years away. The constellation is modest but ancient, already named by Ptolemy, and the ancients pictured it as a wreath fallen at the feet of the neighbouring centaur. Its Latin name evokes midday and the meridian line of the sky. Meridiana's light travels in silence for a century and a quarter before settling on the human eye — almost a direct echo of the nineteenth century.

Where it is and when to see it

Meridiana 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 culminates about 1° above the horizon.
From New York it culminates about 11° above the horizon.
From Sydney it culminates about 86° above the horizon.

It can be seen from anywhere south of 52° N.

It ranks no. 2 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 130 years ago.

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Astronomical data for Meridiana

Constellation: Corona Australis
Apparent magnitude: 4.11
Distance: 125.4 light years
Coordinates (J2000): RA 287.368° · Dec -37.904°
Catalogue: HIP 94114 · HD 178253

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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