Telescopium the Telescope - Southern Hemisphere
Another
constellation introduced by de La Caille in the 1750s in honour of
the invention of the telescope which hasd such a revolutionary
significance for astronomy. However like many of his constellations
it is faint and indistinct.
Alpha
is a star of magnitude 3.5 and lies 278 light years away, it is a B3
class star with a surface temperature of 16,500’C
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