Corona Borealis (The Northern Crown)

Small northern constellation whose arc of stars is Ariadne's crown.

Core Principles & Analysis

• Its seven-star arc is one of the most distinctive small figures in the northern sky, one of Ptolemy's 48.
• In Greek myth the crown belonged to Ariadne, set in the sky by Dionysus after their wedding.
• The Blaze Star (T Coronae Borealis) is a recurrent nova that brightens by thousands of times roughly every eighty years, last in 1946.

Specifications & Metrics

• BRIGHTEST STAR: Alphecca (α CrB)
• HEMISPHERE: Northern
• BEST VIEWED: June