Star profile
Nu Telescopium
What is Nu Telescopium
Nu Telescopii is a discreet white star in Telescopium, the constellation Lacaille named in honour of the instrument that had revealed so many of the sky's secrets. Its motion through space matches that of the open cluster IC 2391: it likely was born there and still drifts in its current, a stray sister of a distant group.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu Telescopium lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is July, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 68° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 34° N.
It ranks no. 12 in brightness among the 27 stars of Telescopium in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Telescopium, the brightest: it lies about 16° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 160 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Nu Telescopium
- Constellation
- Telescopium
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.33
- Distance
- 161.6 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 297.005° · Dec -56.363°
- Catalogue
- HIP 97421 · HD 186543
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Other stars in Telescopium
Telescopium has 27 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Telescopium3.49
- Zeta Telescopium4.10
- Epsilon Telescopium4.52
- Delta 2 Telescopium5.07
- Rho Telescopium5.17
- Kappa Telescopium5.18
- HIP 896055.36
- HIP 947125.38