Caelum Cae
Caelum is one of the 88 constellations, covering 125 square degrees of the sky (81st largest). It is highest at midnight in December and best in the evening sky in January and February.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Cae |
|---|---|
| Size | 125 square degrees (81st largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 4h 45m, −38° |
| Highest at midnight | December (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: January and February) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 32° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 2°. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 1679 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 1572 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.5 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 1616 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 1595 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.7 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 1558 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 1598 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 1567 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 1701 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 1668 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.8 | 1.6′ |
| IC 2106 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.8 | 1.8′ |
| NGC 1570 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14 | 2.2′ |
| NGC 1759 (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.1 | 2′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits