Caelum

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Caelum canonical 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomicalObject
constellation
areaSquareDegrees 125
belongsTo Milky Way region of the sky
belongsToIAUConstellationFamily La Caille family
bestVisibleMonth January
borderingConstellation Columba
Dorado
Eridanus
Horologium
Lepus
Pictor
brightestStar Alpha Caeli
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 4.45
containsMessierObject false
containsNotableDeepSkyObject IC 2106
NGC 1571
NGC 1679
coordinateSystem equatorial
declinationRange approximately −27° to −49°
hasBrightStarBrighterThanMagnitude2 false
hasGenitiveForm Caeli
hasIAUAbbreviation Cae
hasNoMythologicalAssociation true
hasThreeLetterIAUCode Cae
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
introducedBy Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille
linked to: Nicolas de Lacaille
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
originalDesignationByLacaille Caelum Scalptorium
originalMeaning engraver’s chisel
rankByArea 81
represents sculptor’s chisel
rightAscensionRange approximately 4 hours to 5 hours
secondBrightestStar Gamma Caeli
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +40° and −90°

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

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

Dorado borderedBy Caelum
Lepus borderedBy Caelum
Dorado borders Caelum
subject linked to: constellation Dorado
Pictor borderedBy Caelum
Caelum name Caelum
Bayer family hasPart Caelum
Columba adjacentTo Caelum