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Also known as Cae, Caeli, the Chisel

Caelum is a faint constellation in the southern sky, introduced in the 1750s by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille and counted among the 88 modern constellations. Its name means "chisel" in Latin, and it was formerly known as Caelum Sculptorium ("Engraver's Chisel"); it is a rare word, unrelated to the far more common Latin caelum, meaning "sky", "heaven", or "atmosphere". It is the eighth-smallest constellation, and subtends a solid angle of around 0.038 steradians, just less than that of Corona Australis.

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Caelum is a faint constellation in the southern sky named after a chisel, created by astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in the 1750s and now recognized as one of the 88 modern constellations. Though it is one of the smallest constellations in the sky, it remains part of the standard celestial map used by astronomers and stargazers today.

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Key facts

Constellation.name
Caelum
Constellation.abbreviation
Cae
Constellation.genitive
Caeli
Constellation.pronounce
, genitive
Constellation.symbolism
the chisel
Constellation.RA
–
Constellation.dec
–
Constellation.areatotal
125
Constellation.arearank
81st
Constellation.numbermainstars
4
Constellation.numberbfstars
8
Constellation.numberbrightstars
0
Constellation.numbernearbystars
0
Constellation.brighteststarname
α Cae
Constellation.starmagnitude
4.45
Constellation.neareststarname
GJ 3286 (L 374-6)
Constellation.stardistancely
46.55
Constellation.stardistancepc
14.27

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
constellation
Named after
chisel
Official name
Caelum
Area
125
Shares border with
Pictor
Image
Constellation Caelum.jpg
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Commons category
Caelum (constellation)
topic's main category
Category:Caelum
Commons gallery
Caelum
short name
Cae
discoverer or inventor
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
time of discovery or invention
1750-00-00
topic has template
Template:Stars of Caelum
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Astronomy
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