Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe is a small constellation which lies close to the south celestial pole. Across much of the southern hemisphere it is circumpolar, but it appears highest in the evening sky in the months around April.

It is the southern counterpart of Triangulum, and is of a similar size. It was introduced by Keyser & de Houtman in 1598. Comprising of one second-magnitude and two third-magnitude stars, it is a full magnitude brighter than the northern triangle.

The southern triangle is home to only one bright deep sky object, the open cluster NGC 6025, also known as Caldwell 95.

In in the Indian system, this constellation is known as ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ತ್ರಿಕೋನಿ (Dakshina Trikoni)

Triangulum Australe Contains

• Stars
  • Atria (mag 1.9)
  • β-TrA (mag 2.8)
  • γ-TrA (mag 2.8)
  • δ-TrA (mag 3.8)
  • ε-TrA (mag 4.1)
  • ζ-TrA (mag 4.9)
  • LP TrA (mag 5.1)
  • κ-TrA (mag 5.1)
  • HD 148291 (mag 5.2)
  • ι-TrA (mag 5.3)
  • θ-TrA (mag 5.5)
  • X TrA (mag 5.6)
  • HD 137066 (mag 5.7)
  • HD 142514 (mag 5.7)
  • HD 142139 (mag 5.8)
  • HD 133683 (mag 5.8)
  • HD 152564 (mag 5.9)
  • η¹-TrA (mag 5.9)
  • HD 136672 (mag 5.9)
  • HD 145689 (mag 5.9)
  • HD 150026 (mag 6.0)
  • HD 151441 (mag 6.1)
  • HD 147349 (mag 6.1)
  • HD 140483 (mag 6.1)
  • HD 133456 (mag 6.2)
• Open Clusters
  • NGC 6025 (mag 5.1)
• Globular Clusters
  • None
• Galaxy
  • NGC 5938 (mag 11.9)
  • NGC 6156 (mag 12.3)
  • IC 4585 (mag 13.0)
  • IC 4595 (mag 13.1)
  • IC 4584 (mag 13.4)
  • NGC 6183 (mag 14.1)
  • IC 4571 (mag 14.6)