List of Stars in the Caelum Constellation

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.

NameAbbr.DistanceApparent MagnitudeAbsolute MagnitudeStellar classification
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