The Southern Crown
Corona Austrina
Genitive: Coronae Austrini · abbreviation CrA
Best evening month
August
Visible from
90°S to 50°N
Centre RA
18h 48m 00s
Centre Dec
−40° 00′
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Mythology & origin
A wreath said to have been placed in the sky by Dionysus, or a crown fallen from the head of the archer Sagittarius.
Ptolemy · Almagest, 2nd century AD