Celestial Atlas
Coma Berenices <—     Corona Australis: The Southern Crown     —> Corona Borealis
(possessive form Coronae Australis, abbreviation CrA)
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Corona Australis is one of the 48 ancient constellations recorded by Ptolemy. In historical atlases it overlaps Sagittarius, and in modern atlases it is a small region lying between Sagittarius and Scorpius.


Constellations Bordering Corona Australis
(tba)

Illustrations of Corona Australis
Corona Australis from Bayer's 1603 Uranometria
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bayer's Uranometria showing Corona Australis

Sagittarius from Bayer's 1603 Uranometria, labeled to show Corona Australis and Scorpius
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bayer's Uranometria showing Sagittarius and Corona Australis
The horizontal bands represent the Ecliptic (marked in degrees) and the Zodiac

From Bode's 1801 Uranographia
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bode's Uranographia showing the region near Corona Australis

Map of Corona Australis
(Image from Wikimedia Commons; to be replaced ASAP)
Astronomical chart of Corona Australis
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Stars in Corona Australis

     Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.

α CrA

β CrA

γ CrA

δ CrA

ε CrA


Celestial Atlas
Coma Berenices <—     Corona Australis: The Southern Crown     —> Corona Borealis