Tel - Telescopic the Telescope

Origin and History

One of 17 constellations created by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1756. Called Tubus Astronomicus by Bode.

Image	Representation	Date
Image	Bode (1801), Plate 15	1801
Image	Bode (1801), Plate 15: Tubus Astronomicus	1801
Image	Bode (1801), plate 1: Corona Australis, Tubus Astronomicus	1801

IAU Constellation Info

Abbr: Tel

Genitive: Telescopii

Size: 57 of 88

RA: 19 hours

Evening culmination (9 pm): August

Midnight Culmination: July

Decl: -50 degrees

Entirely visible from: S of 33° latitude

Partially visible from: between 45° and 33° latitude

Not visible at all from: N of 45° latitude

Astronomical Regions:

Southern

Bordering constellations:

Observing

Constellation - Names

Arabic: المرقب

Chinese: 望遠鏡座

English: Telescope

French: Télescope

German: Teleskop

Greek: Τηλεσκόπιον

Hebrew: טלסקופ

Italian: Telescopio

Latin: Telescopium

Russian: Телескоп

Spanish: Telescopio

IAU Star Map

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Constellation Links

Allen, Star Names:

414

Ridpath, Star Tales: Tel

SEDs Constellation page: Tel

Wikipedia: Tel

Asterisms

Tubus Astronomicus

Deep Sky Objects

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Tel - Telescopic the Telescope

Origin and History

IAU Constellation Info

Observing

Constellation - Names

IAU Star Map

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Constellation Links

Asterisms

Deep Sky Objects

Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.

Origin and History

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IAU Constellation Info

Observing

Constellation - Names

IAU Star Map

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Constellation Links

Asterisms

Deep Sky Objects

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.

Click map/caption to enlarge.
Courtesy IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg); CC-by.