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Caelum



Abbreviation: Cae
Genitive: Caeli
Right Ascension: 4.72 hours
Declination: -39.20 degrees
  Caelum, the Sculptor's Chisel, is visible in Nortern Latitudes (to 63 degrees North) and from Southen Latitudes ( to 43 degrees South) from November - January.

Caelum was invented by Lacaille between 1751 and 1752 on his trip to the Cape of Good Hope.

  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
ALP CAE 4.00:40.00:33.70 -41.00:51.00:49.73 4.45
BET CAE 4.00:42.00:3.48 -37.00:8.00:39.69 5.05
DEL CAE 4.00:30.00:50.11 -44.00:57.00:13.67 5.07
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
X Cae 5.00:2.00:38.90 -35.00:46.00:25.00 DSCTC 6.39 6.28
Z Cae 4.00:51.00:1.30 -43.00:8.00:34.00 SR 7.99 7.84
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria