Telescopium - The TelescopeLearn about the constellation Telescopium - The Telescope, location, facts, mythology, meteor showers and deep space objects.
Telescopium is a minor southern constellation identified and named by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, the 18th-century French astronomer, and a student of the southern skies.
Location: Southern Constellation 19h RA -50° Dec
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Telescopium Mythology
Since it was introduced in the 17th century, and, as a southern constellation, was not visible to Mediterranean culture, there is no earlier mythology associated with it.
Telescopium Deep Space Objects
Northern Circumpolar | |||||
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Camelopardalis | Cassiopeia | Cepheus | Draco | Lacerta | Ursa Major |
Ursa Minor |
Northern Spring | |||||
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Antlia | Boötes | Cancer | Coma Berenices | Crater | Hydra |
Leo | Leo Minor | Virgo |
Northern Summer | |||||
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Aquila | Corona Borealis | Cygnus | Delphinus | Equuleus | Hercules |
Libra | Lyra | Ophiuchus | Sagitta | Scutum | Serpens |
Vulpecula |
Northern Autumn | |||||
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Andromeda | Aquarius | Aries | Capricornus | Pegasus | Pisces |
Triangulum |
Northern Winter | |||||
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Auriga | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Cetus | Eridanus |
Gemini | Lepus | Lynx | Monoceros | Orion | Perseus |
Taurus |