The Constellation Caelum
by Dominic Ford
Caelum is a small and faint constellation, visible in the southern sky in the months around November.
It contains only two stars brighter than fifth magnitude, and because it lies well away from the plane of the Milky Way, does not contain any bright deep sky objects either.
The name ‘Caelum’ is Latin for ‘chisel’ and was given to this sky area by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1750.
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| Stars | Open Clusters | Globular Clusters | Galaxies |
| α-Cae (mag 4.4) | NGC 1679 (mag 11.6) | ||
| γ-Cae (mag 4.6) | NGC 1572 (mag 12.5) | ||
| β-Cae (mag 5.0) | NGC 1616 (mag 12.6) | ||
| δ-Cae (mag 5.0) | NGC 1595 (mag 12.7) | ||
| HIP 21958 (mag 5.7) | NGC 1558 (mag 13.3) | ||
| HIP 22573 (mag 5.8) | NGC 1598 (mag 13.3) | ||
| HIP 23446 (mag 5.9) | NGC 1567 (mag 13.5) | ||
| HIP 23377 (mag 6.0) | NGC 1701 (mag 13.6) | ||
| HIP 22144 (mag 6.1) | NGC 1668 (mag 13.8) | ||
| ν-Cae (mag 6.1) | IC 2106 (mag 13.8) | ||
| HIP 22847 (mag 6.1) | NGC 1570 (mag 14.0) | ||
| HIP 20781 (mag 6.1) | NGC 1759 (mag 14.1) | ||
| HIP 20934 (mag 6.1) | NGC 1585 (mag 14.2) | ||
| λ-Cae (mag 6.2) | IC 2068 (mag 14.3) | ||
| HIP 23555 (mag 6.3) | NGC 1658 (mag 14.3) | ||
| X Cae (mag 6.3) | NGC 1687 (mag 14.7) | ||
| ζ-Cae (mag 6.4) | NGC 1660 (mag 14.9) | ||
| HIP 20630 (mag 6.4) | |||
| HIP 20856 (mag 6.4) | |||
| HIP 22329 (mag 6.7) | |||
| HIP 22136 (mag 6.8) |
