Caelum

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List of stars in Caelum
Abbreviation:	Cae
Genitive:	Caeli
Symbolism:	the chisel
Right ascension:	5 h
Declination:	−40°
Area:	125 sq. deg. (81st)
Main stars:	4
Bayer/Flamsteed stars:	8
Stars with known planets:	None
Bright stars:	0
Nearby stars:	0
Brightest star:	α Cae (4.45m)
Nearest star:	α Cae (65.7 ly)
Messier objects:	0
Meteor showers:	None
Bordering constellations:	Columba Lepus Eridanus Horologium Dorado Pictor
Visible at latitudes between +40° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of January

Caelum (IPA: [ˈseːlum], /ˈsiːlum/; earlier Cæla Sculptoris (Latin: the sculptor's chisel) is a minor southern constellation introduced by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

Notable features

Caelum is a faint constellation, having no star brighter than fourth magnitude. Its brightest star, and the one closest to earth at 65.7 light years, is the magnitude 4.45 α Caeli. It is also the eighth smallest constellation, with an area just less than that of Corona Australis.

Caelum has little to offer for the small telescope. A small telescope splits γ Caeli into a magnitude 4.5 red giant and a magnitude 6.34 white giant. Larger telescopes are needed to see several NGC objects, all galaxies, but none brighter than magnitude 11.5 or larger than 3 arcseconds.^[1]

Citations

References

• Ridpath, Ian; Wil Tirion (2007). Stars and Planets Guide. London: Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-725120-9. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691135564. 

External links

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Caelum

• Starry Night Photography - Caelum Constellation
• Star Tales – Caelum