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Triangulum

25 stars in Triangulum can be seen by eye from a dark place. 5 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

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

  1. AlaybasanEasy to see, 130 light years
  2. MothallahEasy to see, 63 light years
  3. ApduSeen away from bright lights, 110 light years
  4. DeltotonSeen away from bright lights, 35 light years
  5. TriminusSeen away from bright lights, 290 light years
  6. 14 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 430 light years
  7. 7 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  8. 12 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  9. 10 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 380 light years
  10. 15 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 630 light years
  11. Epsilon TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  12. 11 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 280 light years
  13. HIP 7943Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  14. HIP 8433Just seen from a dark place, 91 light years
  15. HIP 9132Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  16. HIP 11840Just seen from a dark place, 270 light years
  17. 13 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 100 light years
  18. HIP 7906Just seen from a dark place, 510 light years
  19. HIP 12160Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  20. HIP 12200Just seen from a dark place, 160 light years
  21. 5 TrianguliJust seen from a dark place, 350 light years
  22. HIP 11651Just seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  23. HIP 8086Just seen from a dark place, 420 light years
  24. HIP 10446Just seen from a dark place, 210 light years
  25. HIP 7147Just seen from a dark place, 830 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.