Caelum n : a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Columba and Eridanus

see caelum

English

Etymology

Named in the 17th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. From caelum

Proper noun

1. A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel.

Translations

• French: Burin
• German: Grabstichel
• Russian: Резец
• Spanish: Caelum

Caelum (; earlier Cæla Sculptoris () 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.

Citations

References

• Stars and Planets Guide

External links

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