Triangulum Australe Constellation Myths and Facts

Triangulum Australe: The Southern Triangle

Pronunciation: try-ANG-gyuh-lum aw-STRAL-ee
Triangulum Australe, The Southern Triangle
Triangulum Australe as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc.
Triangulum Australe Constellation Profile
Abbreviation: TrA Genitive: Trianguli Australis
Origin: Keyser/de Houtman Location: Southern Hemisphere
Best View (North): Best View (South):
Bordering Constellations: Apus, Ara, Norma, Circinus

The Myth Behind the Constellation Triangulum Australe

Triangulum Australe, “The Southern Triangle” was a creation of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, late sixteenth century navigators.  This is the only one of the constellations they invented that was an inanimate object.

Triangulum Australe Constellation Points of Interest

Interesting stars and objects.

Bright Stars in Triangulum Australe

These are the stars in Triangulum Australe with a minimum magnitude of 3.0.
Name Bayer Name Magnitude Color Luminosity Distance
Atria Alpha Trianguli Australis 1.91  Orange 11,752 suns 415 ly
Beta Trianguli Australis Beta Trianguli Australis 2.83 Yellow-White 8.5 suns 40 ly
Gamma Trianguli Australis Gamma Trianguli Australis 2.87  Whiye 230 suns 183 ly