Caelum

Cae
Rango: #81
125 gr. quad.

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.

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Caelum

Genitivo Caeli
Simbolismo The Caelum
Ascensione retta 05h 00m 00s
Declinazione -40° 00' 00"
Area
Rango per area 81
Stella più luminosa
Meglio visibile alle 21:00 Variable

Riepilogo oggetti del cielo profondo

22
Stelle più brillanti
0
Ammassi aperti
0
Ammassi globulari
17
Galassie
0
Nebulose

Stelle più brillanti

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Galassie

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