Constellations · Constellation · Caeli · Cae
Constellation
Caelum
The engraver’s chisel: one of the faintest constellations, which Lacaille added in 1756 to honour the artist’s craft.
- Genitive
- Caeli
- Area
- 125 square degrees · 81st of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 4.44
- Naked-eye stars
- 20 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- early December
History
Lacaille called it the “burin” and “chisel”. It contains no star brighter than fourth magnitude and nothing a small telescope will find exciting — but it is part of the complete map.