Constellation
The constellation Caelum
Cae
Caelum gathers 7 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Caelum, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around December.
Caelum in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 7
- Brightest star
- Alpha Caelum
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- December
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Alpha Caelum
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 4.44
Declination from -45° to -31°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
66 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Caelum
The 7 stars of Caelum catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.