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 ⓘ