Telescopium

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constellation southern constellation

Telescopium is a small, faint southern constellation introduced in the 18th century and named after the telescope.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Telescopium canonical	3
Coelum Australe Stelliferum	2

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constellation ⓘ southern constellation ⓘ
abbreviation	Tel ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees	approximately 252 ⓘ
bestVisibleInMonth	August ⓘ
borderingConstellation	Ara ⓘ Corona Australis ⓘ Indus ⓘ Microscopium ⓘ Pavo ⓘ Sagittarius ⓘ
brightestStar	Alpha Telescopii ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude	2.94 ⓘ
brightStar	Alpha Telescopii ⓘ Epsilon Telescopii ⓘ Zeta Telescopii ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject	Abell 2597 ⓘ NGC 6584 ⓘ NGC 6845 ⓘ NGC 6868 ⓘ NGC 6872 ⓘ
containsGalaxy	NGC 6868 ⓘ NGC 6872 ⓘ
containsGalaxyCluster	Abell 2597 ⓘ
containsGlobularCluster	NGC 6584 ⓘ
declinationRange	approximately −45° to −57° ⓘ
eclipticCrosses	false ⓘ
family	Hercules family ⓘ
firstCataloguedIn	Telescopium self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Coelum Australe Stelliferum
genitive	Telescopii ⓘ
hasMeteorShowers	none prominent ⓘ
hasNoMessierObjects	true ⓘ
hemisphere	southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
IAUConstellation	true ⓘ
introducedBy	Nicolas de Lacaille ⓘ surface form: Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
introducedInCentury	18th century ⓘ
introducedInYear	1751–1752 ⓘ
isFaint	true ⓘ
isSmall	true ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	Sagittarius ⓘ
nameMeaning	the telescope ⓘ
origin	created to honor the telescope ⓘ
quadrant	SQ4 ⓘ
rankByArea	57 ⓘ
rightAscensionRange	approximately 18h to 20h ⓘ
symbolism	telescope ⓘ
visibleAtLatitudesBetween	+40° and −90° ⓘ
visibleFrom	Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
zodiacal	false ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sagittarius → borderingConstellation → Telescopium ⓘ

Corona Australis → borderedBy → Telescopium ⓘ

Telescopium → firstCataloguedIn → Telescopium self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coelum Australe Stelliferum

Nicolas de Lacaille → notableWork → Telescopium ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coelum Australe Stelliferum

Nicolas de Lacaille → introducedConstellation → Telescopium ⓘ