Telescopium Herschelii
Telescopium Herschelii (Latin for Herschel's telescope), also formerly known as Tubus Hershelli Major, is a former constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere.Maximilian Hell established it in 1789 to honour Sir William Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus.It was one of two constellations created by Maximilian Hell in 1789 to honour the famous English astronomer Sir William Herschel's discovery of the planet Uranus.[1] Named Tubus Hershelli Major by Hell, it was located in the constellation Auriga near the border to Lynx and Gemini and depicted Herschel's 20-ft-long telescope.[1] Located 420 ± 20 light-years distant from earth,[3] it is an orange giant of spectral type K3III.,[4] although the magnitude 3.60 star θ Geminorum is brighter.
Pleiadescelestial globeHerschel Museum of AstronomyUrania's MirrorconstellationMaximilian HellWilliam HerschelUranusθ Geminorumapparent magnitudeEnglishAurigaGeminiTaurusZeta TauriJohann Elert Bodeψ2 Aurigaelight-years66 Aurigaeo Geminorumψ5 Aurigaedebris diskobsolete constellationvis.mag.abs.mag.Sp. classθ Gemψ2 Aurο Gemψ10 Aur63 Aurψ7 Aurψ4 Aur65 Aurπ Gem66 Aurψ5 Aur64 Aurψ9 Aurψ8 AurList of stars in Telescopium HerscheliiTelescopiumRidpath, IanBibcodeSIMBADCentre de données astronomiques de StrasbourgPtolemyAndromedaAquariusAquilaArgo NavisBoötesCancerCanis MajorCanis MinorCapricornusCassiopeiaCentaurusCepheusCorona AustralisCorona BorealisCorvusCraterCygnusDelphinusEquuleusEridanusHerculesOphiuchusPegasusPerseusPiscesPiscis AustrinusSagittaSagittariusScorpiusSerpensTriangulumUrsa MajorUrsa MinorTriangulum AustraleComa BerenicesChamaeleonDoradoHydrusPhoenixTucanaVolansCamelopardalisColumbaMonocerosReticulumCanes VenaticiLacertaLeo MinorScutumSextansVulpeculaAntliaCaelumCarinaCircinusFornaxHorologiumMicroscopiumOctansPictorPuppisSculptorObsolete constellationsAnguillaAntinousAraneaAsterionCancer MinorCerberusCustos MessiumHonores Friderici/Gloria FredericiGallusGlobus AerostaticusHippocampusHirudoJordanusLeo PalatinusLiliumLochium Funis