Constellation Telescopium (Telescope)

Telescopium
Telescopium: IAU Constellation Map [150]

Properties

Like most of Lacailles' "new creations" in the southern sky, this constellation is also small and inconspicuous. It is south of Sagittarius and Corona Australis. The area of the constellation is 252 square degrees and the center culminates around midnight on July 6th. [9, 15]

Data for constellation Telescopium [150]
IAU NameTelescopium
IAU GenitiveTelescopii
IAU Abbr.Tel
English NameTelescope
Season (47° N)Not visible
Right Ascension18h 09m 14s … 20h 29m 50s
Declination-56° 59' 02" … -45° 05' 24"
Area252 deg2
Neighbours (N↻)Sgr, CrA, Ara, Pav, Ind, Mic

Catalogues

History

The constellation was introduced in 1752 by the French Lacaille under the original name Tubus Astronomicus in honor of the most important astronomical observation instrument. In the star atlas Uranometria Sive Astrorum Descriptio, which Johann Ehlert Bode drew and published at the beginning of the last century, the constellation Telescopium is realistically drawn. [7, 21]

References

  • [7] «Der grosse Kosmos-Himmelsführer» von Ian Ridpath und Wil Tirion; Kosmos Verlag; ISBN 3-440-05787-9
  • [9] «Drehbare Sternkarte SIRIUS» von H. Suter-Haug; Hallwag-Verlag, Bern
  • [15] «Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes» by David Malin and David J. Frew; Melbourne University Press 1995; ISBN 0-522-84553-3
  • [21] «Taschenatlas der Sternbilder» von Josef Klepesta und Antonin Rükl; Verlag Werner Dausien; ISBN 3-7684-2384-0
  • [150] IAU: The Constellations, 11. Oktober 2020; iau.org/public/themes/constellations