Constellations Portraits Northern Crown or Corona(Crown) Borealis(North-wala)

Corona Borealis

Abbreviation: CrB
Genitive: Coronae Borealis 
Right Ascension: 15.89 hours
Declination: 32.19 degrees
 Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is visible in the Northern Hemisphere in the spring and summer.

Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown belonged to Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete, her ball of thread helped Theseus defeat the Minotaur, and he gave her the crown when they married. She was abandoned on the Greek island of Naxos by Theseus. She married Liber Bacchus, the crown was placed in the stars by Venus.

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Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog) 

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
ALPHECCA	15.00:34.00:41.27	+26.00:42.00:52.94	2.23
NUSAKAN	15.00:27.00:49.73	+29.00:6.00:20.59	3.68
THE CRB	15.00:32.00:55.78	+31.00:21.00:32.71	4.14
EPS CRB	15.00:57.00:35.25	+26.00:52.00:40.34	4.15

       

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog) Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude 

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria
STF 1932	15 18.3	26 50	7.1, 7.6	1.40	253	7	154
STF 1964	15 38.2	36 14	7.7, 7.6	15.10	86	7	112/ 113
STF 1965	15 39.4	36 38	5.1, 6.0	6.30	305	7	112/ 113
STF 2032	16 14.7	33 51	5.8, 6.7	6.60	233	8	113
STF 29	16 22.4	33 47	5.4, 5.3	364.40	165	8	113/ 114