Constellations
Telescopium (Tel)
The Telescope
Also known as telescope.
6 looks for Telescopium
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 Telescopium
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Telescope
- IAU abbreviation
- Tel
- Its stars are named
- Telescopii (as in "Alpha Telescopii")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in August
- Centre
- Right ascension 18h 22m, declination −47° 01′
- The figure
- 3 stars joined by 2 lines
- Brightest star
- α Tel, magnitude 3.51
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Telmag 3.51
- ζ Telmag 4.13
- ε Telmag 4.53
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