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Corona Australis is one of the 48 ancient constellations recorded by Ptolemy. In historical atlases it overlaps Sagittarius, but in modern atlases it is a small region lying between Sagittarius and Scorpius.
Historical Maps of Corona Australis
Corona Australis in Bayer's 1603 Uranometria
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Sagittarius from Bayer's 1603 Uranometria, labeled to show Corona Australis and Scorpius
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
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)
Modern Map of Corona Australis
Wikimedia Commons map by IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Constellations Bordering Corona Australis
(to be added in the next iteration of this page)
Stars in Corona Australis
Stars that 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
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