Heliocodex

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Corona Borealis

37 stars in Corona Borealis can be seen by eye from a dark place. 8 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

38 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. AlpheccaEasy to see, 75 light years
  2. NusakanSeen away from bright lights, 110 light years
  3. BalteshaSeen away from bright lights, 150 light years
  4. GuansuoSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  5. Epsilon Coronae BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 220 light years
  6. MatrchakreSeen away from bright lights, 170 light years
  7. Zeta-1 Coronae BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 470 light years
  8. Tau Coronae BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 120 light years
  9. Kappa Coronae BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 99 light years
  10. Xi Coronae BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 180 light years
  11. AurwandilstaSeen away from bright lights, 310 light years
  12. Eta Coronae BorealisSeen away from bright lights, 58 light years
  13. Mu Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 620 light years
  14. Nu-1 Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 640 light years
  15. Sigma Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 69 light years
  16. Rho Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 56 light years
  17. Nu-2 Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  18. Lambda Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 140 light years
  19. Omicron Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  20. StephanosJust seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  21. HIP 78276Just seen from a dark place, 760 light years
  22. HIP 79358Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  23. HIP 78649Just seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  24. Upsilon Coronae BorealisJust seen from a dark place, 670 light years
  25. Eta Coronae Borealis (HD 137108)Just seen from a dark place, 61 light years
  26. HIP 76617Just seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  27. HIP 79686Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  28. HIP 76366Just seen from a dark place, 870 light years
  29. HIP 79350Just seen from a dark place, 500 light years
  30. HIP 75000Just seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  31. HIP 76006Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  32. HIP 79385Just seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  33. HIP 80247Just seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  34. HIP 77397Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  35. HIP 75919Just seen from a dark place, 550 light years
  36. HIP 76456Just seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  37. HIP 79441Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  38. KamuyNeeds a telescope, 410 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.