Constellations
Caelum (Cae)
The Chisel
Also known as chisel.
6 looks for Caelum
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Caelum
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Chisel
- IAU abbreviation
- Cae
- Its stars are named
- Caeli (as in "Alpha Caeli")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 4h 45m, declination −39° 54′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- α Cae, magnitude 4.45
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Caemag 4.45
- γ Caemag 4.55
- β Caemag 5.05
- δ Caemag 5.07
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation