Caelum

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Caelum is a small, faint southern constellation introduced in the 18th century, representing a sculptor’s chisel.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
constellation
areaSquareDegrees 125
belongsTo Milky Way region of the sky
belongsToIAUConstellationFamily La Caille family NERFINISHED
bestVisibleMonth January
borderingConstellation Columba NERFINISHED
Dorado NERFINISHED
Eridanus NERFINISHED
Horologium NERFINISHED
Lepus NERFINISHED
Pictor NERFINISHED
brightestStar Alpha Caeli NERFINISHED
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 4.45
containsMessierObject false
containsNotableDeepSkyObject IC 2106 NERFINISHED
NGC 1571 NERFINISHED
NGC 1679 NERFINISHED
coordinateSystem equatorial
declinationRange approximately −27° to −49°
hasBrightStarBrighterThanMagnitude2 false
hasGenitiveForm Caeli
hasIAUAbbreviation Cae NERFINISHED
hasNoMythologicalAssociation true
hasThreeLetterIAUCode Cae NERFINISHED
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
introducedBy Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille NERFINISHED
introducedInCentury 18th century
introducedInYear 1750s
isCircumpolar false
isFaint true
isPartOfModernIAUConstellations true
isSmall true
isVisibleFromNorthernHemisphere partially
isVisibleFromSouthernHemisphere well visible
isZodiacConstellation false
latinEtymology Latin for chisel or engraving tool
meaningOfName chisel
name Caelum NERFINISHED
originalDesignationByLacaille Caelum Scalptorium NERFINISHED
originalMeaning engraver’s chisel
rankByArea 81
represents sculptor’s chisel
rightAscensionRange approximately 4 hours to 5 hours
secondBrightestStar Gamma Caeli NERFINISHED
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +40° and −90°

Referenced by (5)

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

Dorado borderedBy Caelum
Lepus borderedBy Caelum
constellation Dorado borders Caelum
subject surface form: Dorado