Telescopium (abbr. Tel, gen. Telescopii)
The Telescope; a faint southern constellation
lying south of Corona Australe and east of Ara.
Its brightest star is Alpha Tel (visual magnitude 3.49, absolute magnitude
-0.93, spectral type B3IV, distance 249 light-years) and it has few objects
of interest for amateur astronomers.
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Telescopium. © 2003 Torsten
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