Telescopium Telescopium

Telescopium - Definition and Overview

Telescopium

Telescopium

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Abbreviation Tel
Genitive Telescopii
Symbology the Telescope
Right ascension  ?????? h
Declination −??????°
Area  ?????? sq. deg.
Ranked ??????th
Number of stars
(magnitude < 3)
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Brightest star &??????; ??????
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Meteor showers
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Bordering
constellations
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Visible at latitudes between +??????° and −??????°
Best visible during the month of ??????

Telescopium (Latin for Telescope) is a minor southern constellation identified and named by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, the 18th century French astronomer, a student of the southern skies.

Mythology

Since it was introduced in the 17th century, and, as a southern constellation, was not visible to mediterranian culture, there is no earlier mythology associated with it.

See Also


Constellations changed by the monk Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763

Argo Navis | split into | Carina | Puppis | Pyxis | Vela
Telescopium | created from parts of | Sagittarius | Scorpio | Ophiuchus | Corona Australis
Ophiuchus | split into | Ophiuchus | Serpens
Eridanus | split into | Eridanus | Fornax
Ara | created from parts of | Centaurus | Lupus


The 88 modern Constellations
Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Boötes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Australis | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Virgo | Vela | Volans | Vulpecula

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