Telescopium
Telescopium is a constellation in the southern sky.
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| List of stars in Telescopium | |
| Abbreviation: | Tel |
| Genitive: | Telescopii |
| Symbology: | |
| Right ascension: | 19 h |
| Declination: | −50° |
| Area: | 252 sq. deg. (57th) |
| Main stars: | 2 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars: | 13 |
| Stars known to have planets: | 0 |
| Bright stars: | 0 |
| Nearby stars: | 2 |
| Brightest star: | α Tel (3.49m) |
| Nearest star: | Gliese 754 ( ly) |
| Messier objects: | none |
| Meteor showers: | |
| Bordering constellations: | Ara Corona Australis Indus Microscopium (corner) Pavo Sagittarius |
| Visible at latitudes between +40° and −90° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of August | |
Telescopium Media
Seen in the 1824 star chart set Urania's Mirror (in the lower right)
The constellation of Telescopium, the telescope, as it can be seen by the naked eye
An artist's depiction of the orbits of the hierarchical triple star system HR 6819, with the inferred black hole (red orbit) in the inner binary
The globular cluster NGC 6584, as observed with the Hubble Space Telescope
