Lacaille
introduced this entirely unremarkable constellation in 1752, under the name of
Cæla Sculptoris. It has no star
brighter then the fourth magnitude and only two that are brighter then the
fifth.
BRIGHTEST STARS
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
MAG. |
ABS.
MAG. |
SPEC |
DIST,
PC | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | |||||
|
a |
04 |
40 |
33.6 |
-41 |
51 |
50 |
4.45 |
3.0 |
F2 |
20 |
|
g |
05 |
04 |
24.3 |
-35 |
29 |
00 |
4.55 |
0.2 |
gKO |
52 |
DOUBLES
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
MAGS |
P.A. |
DIST.
PC | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | ||||
|
g |
05 |
04 |
24.3 |
-35 |
29 |
00 |
4.6,
8.5 |
211 |
31 VERY SLOW
BINARY |
VARIABLES
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
RANGE |
PERIOD,
D. |
SPEC |
TYPE | ||
|
H |
M |
o |
‘ | |||||
|
R |
04 |
38.7 |
-38 |
20 |
6.7---13.7 |
391 |
M |
MIRA |
|
T |
04 |
45.5 |
-36 |
18 |
7.0---9.8 |
156 |
N |
SEMI-REGULAR |
