Telescopium Tel
Telescopium is one of the 88 constellations, covering 252 square degrees of the sky (57th largest). It is highest at midnight in July and best in the evening sky in August and September.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Tel |
|---|---|
| Size | 252 square degrees (57th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 19h 19m, −51° |
| Highest at midnight | July (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: August and September) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 19° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6584 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 8.2 | 5.1′ |
| NGC 6868 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 3.6′ |
| NGC 6861 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11 | 3.2′ |
| IC 4889 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 3′ |
| ESO185-054 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 2.1′ |
| IC 4797 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 2.6′ |
| NGC 6758 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 2.8′ |
| ESO183-030 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 6893 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 2.9′ |
| IC 4837A (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 6851 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 2.2′ |
| NGC 6861D (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 2.4′ |
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