Telescopium

TELESCOPIUM
Telescopium, the Telescope, appears as a set of dimmer stars toward the lower left corner, the brighter one Alpha Tel (Alpha Telescopii).

Telescopium
Transit Date of principal star:
28 June
It is a shame that the most important instrument for astronomers should be associated with such a tiny portion of the sky, practically devoid of telescopic interest.

Telescopium
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Telescopium is a small constellation in the southern hemisphere. It was introduced by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century.

Telescopium
Abbreviation: Tel
Genitive: Telescopii
Translation: The Telescope
Peoria Astronomical Society Telescopium Page
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Telescopium Herschelii, Herschel's telescope:
Created by the Austrian astronomer and priest Abbe Maximilian Hell in 1781. This constellation was made to honor the famous English astronomer Sir William Herschel.

The missing parts of Telescopium
The ghostly outline of Lacaille's original Telescopium can be traced into Sagittarius, Scorpius, and Ophiuchus.

Telescopium
Abbreviation: Tel English name: Telescope Coordinates see Stellar data
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Telescopium (Telescope)
No Saint given
Origin of the constellation: 1752, Lacaille ...

Telescopium
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TELESCOPIUM, the Telescope
TRIANGULUM AUSTRALE, the Southern Triangle
LUPUS, the Wolf ...

Tel, Tele International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Telescopium. See constellation. telefork A ground support vehicle that serves as a tractor, a forklift, and a crane. telemeter 1. To measure at a distance.

Constellations adjoining Corona Australis: Ara, Scorpius, Sagittarius, Telescopium.
Constellations adjoining Sagittarius: Aquila, Capricornus, Corona Australis, Microscopium, Ophiuchus, Scorpius, Scutum, Serpens, Telescopium.

Observable only in the southern hemisphere, Constellation Pavo is located between Telescopium to the north and Octans to the south. For more information about the stars and objects in this constellation, go to Christine Kronberg's Pavo.

Taurus Ceti (there is no "Ceti" star in this modern constellation)
Home of the Alcyones (Eta Tauri)
Pleiades Cluster
Telescopium (Telescopii) Triangulum (Trianguli) ...

Finding Ara: Ara is located south of Scorpio, between the constellations Telescopium and Norma.

Pyxis(the compass), Reticulum(reticle), Sagitta(arrow), Sagittarius(archer), Scorpius(scorpion), Sculptor, Scutum(shield), Serpens(serpent), Sextans(sextant), Taurus the Bull, Telescopium(telescope), ...

Here this once bright yellow star will fall below naked-eye visibility somewhere in the faint present day southern constellation of Telescopium.

Galileo Galilei made his own telescope in 1609, calling it at first a "perspicillum," and then using the terms "telescopium" in Latin and "telescopio" in Italian (from which the English word derives).

Sculptor, the sculptor
Scutum, the shield
Serpens, the snake
Sextans, the sextant
Telescopium, the telescope
Triangulum, the triangle
Ursa Major, the big bear
Ursa Minor, the little bear
Vulpecula, the little fox ...

Telescope shell (Zoöl.), an elongated gastropod (Cerithium telescopium) having numerous flattened whorls. --
Telescope sight (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight. -- ...

Topic: Astronomy