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Telescopium



Abbreviation: Tel
Genitive: Telescopii
Right Ascension: 19.31 hours
Declination: -50.46 degrees
  Telescopium, the Telescope, is completely visible in latitudes South of 33 degrees North from June - August.

Telescopium was invented by Lacaille during his stay at the Cape of Good Hope between 1751 - 1752.

  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 TEL 18.00:26.00:58.42 -45.00:58.00:6.42 3.51
LAM TEL 18.00:58.00:27.74 -52.00:56.00:19.14 4.87
IOT TEL 19.00:35.00:12.98 -48.00:5.00:57.24 4.90
XI TEL 20.00:7.00:23.15 -52.00:52.00:50.89 4.94
NU TEL 19.00:48.00:1.18 -56.00:21.00:45.42 5.35
   
 

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
NGC 6584 18 18.6 -52 13 GLOCL 09.2 434 26
   
 

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
PW Tel 19.00:29.00:45.60 -45.00:22.00:47.00 ACV 0.01 5.61
QQ Tel 19.00:36.00:6.70 -45.00:23.00:37.00 DSCTC 0.05 6.53
   
 

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
DUN 224 18 54.0 -47 16 7.4, 7.6 84.20 63 22 410
DUN 227 19 52.7 -54 58 6.1, 6.8 22.90 148 26 436