The Caelum constellation is made of 4 main stars that form its shape in the sky. When you look at it with a telescope, you can find many more stars in its area. There are currently 30 stars in total in the constellation. A few of them have only been detected thanks to modern imaging techniques at professional observatories.
Here’s the full list of stars in the Caelum constellation and their names as well as some general information about each of them.
Caelum is one of the few constellations that doesn’t have stars with proper names. Its stars only use their scientific designations.
Here’s what each of the columns in the table means.
Name: The scientific, Latinized name for the star.
Abbr: Abbreviation of the scientific name or designation if it doesn’t have one.
Distance: How far away from Earth the star is. Given in light-years.
Apparent magnitude: The brightness of the star as seen from Earth
Absolute magnitude: The true brightness of the star, regardless of the point of view.
Stellar classification: Classification of the star according to its electromagnetic characteristics.
Name | Abbr. | Distance | Apparent Magnitude | Absolute Magnitude | Stellar classification |
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Alpha Caeli | α Cae | 4.44 | 2.92 | 66 | F2IV |
Gamma1 Caeli | γ1 Cae | 4.55 | 0.78 | 185 | K2III |
Beta Caeli | β Cae | 5.04 | 2.83 | 90 | F3V |
Delta Caeli | δ Cae | 5.07 | −1.62 | 710 | B2IV-V |
HD 30080 | 5.66 | −1.14 | 748 | K3III | |
HD 31093 | 5.82 | 1.1 | 286 | A2/A3V | |
HD 32515 | 5.92 | 0.9 | 329 | K2III | |
HD 32453 | 6.02 | 0.77 | 366 | G8III | |
HD 30432 | 6.04 | 1.12 | 315 | K1III | |
Nu Caeli | ν Cae | 6.06 | 2.47 | 171 | F1III-IV |
HD 28454 | 6.1 | 3.54 | 106 | F8V | |
HD 31529 | 6.11 | −1.35 | 1012 | K3III | |
HD 28700 | 6.13 | 0.73 | 392 | K1III | |
Lambda Caeli | λ Cae | 6.24 | −0.27 | 652 | K3/K4III |
HD 32820 | 6.3 | 3.82 | 102 | F8V | |
X Caeli | X Cae | 6.32 | 1.27 | 334 | F2IV/V |
Zeta Caeli | ζ Cae | 6.35 | 0.36 | 513 | K0III |
HD 28246 | 6.38 | 3.54 | 121 | F6V | |
HD 29559 | 6.4 | 1.2 | 358 | A3Vs… | |
RV Caeli | RV Cae | 6.41 | −1.18 | 1072 | M1III |
R Caeli | R Cae | 6.7 | −2.25 | 1763 | M6e |
HD 30786 | 6.8 | -0.63 | 999 | K1III | |
T Caeli | T Cae | 7.73 | −0.87 | 4,659 | C-N4IV |
HD 32277 | 8.99 | 0.85 | 1,386 | K0III | |
HD 30669 | 9.11 | 5.29 | 190 | G8/K0V | |
W Caeli | W Cae | 9.79 | 1.97 | 1,195 | G7III |
S Caeli | S Cae | 10.71 | 2.65 | 1,333 | A6V |
U Caeli | U Cae | 12.44 | 0.8 | 6930 | A9-F0III |
WASP-159 | 12.84 | 3.52 | 2,384 | F9IV | |
RR Caeli | RR Cae | 14.4 | 69.1 | DAZ8+dM |