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Columba has one star brighter than magnitude 3.00 and no stars located within 10 parsecs (32.6 light years) of Earth. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpha Columbae , also known as Phact. The nearest star is Gliese 218, located at a distance of 48.89 light years from Earth.
Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) 0: Brightest star: α Col (Phact) (2.65 m) Messier objects: 0: Meteor showers: 0: Bordering constellations: Lepus Caelum Pictor Puppis Canis Major: Visible at latitudes between +45° and −90°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of February.
Columba, constellation in the southern sky at about 6 hours right ascension and 35° south in declination. Its brightest star is Alpha Columbae (sometimes called Phact, from the Arabic for “ring dove”), with a magnitude of 2.6. In 1612 Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius introduced this constellation.
Jan 2, 2017 · Location. Columba is the 54th largest constellation in the night sky, and can be seen by observers located between +45° and -90° of latitude, although best seen in February by northern hemisphere observers, and from the southern hemisphere during the summer months.
In the Constellation of Columba the brightest Star is Phact (an Arabic name), Alpha Columbae, which has an apparent visual magnitude of 2.6, and visible by the naked eye. The second brightest Star in Columba is called ‘Beta Columbae’. The 3 main bright Stars are alpha Col, beta Col and delta Col.
The nearest star in Columba to the Earth with an exoplanet is HD 43848, about 123.45 light-years away. Phact. Columba's brightest star is Phact, about 261.35 light-years from the Sun. The star is recognised as the brightest in the constellation as it has the Bayer status of Alpha.
Col. Constellation Family: Heavenly Waters. Hemisphere: Southern. Quadrant: SQ1. Visibility: 45° N - 90° S. Best viewing month*: February. Area: 270 sq. degrees. Size: 54th largest. Right Ascension (avg): 5h 42m. Declination (avg): -36°. Brightest star: Phact (2.65) Stars with planets: 3. X-ray stars: 2 (binary) stars. Messier objects:
