Caelum

Cae
Rank: #81
125 sq. deg.

Caelum is a faint constellation in the southern sky, introduced in the 1750s by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille and counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name means "chisel" in Latin, and it was formerly known as Caelum Sculptorium ("Engraver's Chisel"); it is a rare word, unrelated to the far more common Latin caelum, meaning "sky", "heaven", or "atmosphere". It is the eighth-smallest constellation, and subtends a solid angle of around 0.038 steradians, just less than that of Corona Australis. Due to its small size and location away from the plane of the Milky Way, Caelum is a rather barren constellation, with few objects of interest.

IAU constellation map showing the boundaries and main stars

Caelum

Genitive Caeli
Symbolism The Caelum
Right ascension 05h 00m 00s
Declination -40° 00' 00"
Area
Area rank 81
Brightest star
Best visible at 21:00 Variable

Deep-Sky Objects Summary

22
Brightest Stars
0
Open Clusters
0
Globular Clusters
17
Galaxies
0
Nebulae

Brightest Stars

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Galaxies

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