Caelum the Chiesel - winter sky
This is one of the
14 obscure constellations created by Nicolas Louis de La Caille. It
was first seen in his catalogue of 1763.
There are no stars
brighter than magnitude 4.0 and the four faint stars that do form
Caelum could easily have been incorporated into the constellation of
Eridanus the River.
The constellation is
low in the winter sky below Orion. I have never been able to see any
stars in this constellation even when observing from the south of
England. I suppose if the sky was at its best and you knew exactly
where you were looking you might just glimpse Caelum, but it is
really not worth the effort.
Even astronomers in
the southern hemisphere would hardly give the area a second glance.
There are not even any clusters or galaxies worth looking for in
Caelum.
No comments:
Post a Comment