Definitions for telescopium
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1. Telescopiumnoun

   a small constellation in the southern hemisphere near Ara

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1. Telescopiumnoun

   A small faint constellation of the southern winter sky, said to resemble a telescope. It lies south of the constellation of Corona Australis.

2. Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From later telescopium, a "telescope"

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1. Telescopium

   Telescopium is a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, one of twelve named in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientific instruments. Its name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for telescope. Telescopium was later much reduced in size by Francis Baily and Benjamin Gould. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpha Telescopii, a blue-white subgiant with an apparent magnitude of 3.5, followed by the orange giant star Zeta Telescopii at magnitude 4.1. Eta and PZ Telescopii are two young star systems with debris disks and brown dwarf companions. Telescopium hosts two unusual stars with very little hydrogen that are likely to be the result of two merged white dwarfs: PV Telescopii, also known as HD 168476, is a hot blue extreme helium star, while RS Telescopii is an R Coronae Borealis variable. RR Telescopii is a cataclysmic variable that brightened as a nova to magnitude 6 in 1948. Telescopium also hosts the first known visible star system with a black hole, QV Telescopii (HR 6819), which appears as a variable star with magnitude 5.32 to 5.39.

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1. telescopium

   Telescopium is a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, named after the Latin word for "telescope." It was introduced in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, known for cataloging stars and other objects in the southern sky. Despite its name, the constellation has no association with any ancient myths or folklore, unlike most other constellations.

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1. Telescopium

   Telescopium is a minor southern constellation created in the 18th century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, a French astronomer and student of the southern skies. Its name is a Latinized form of the Greek word for telescope. It was created in honor of the telescope's invention. There are no European names for stars in this constellation. The Chinese did assign names to α Tel, and γ Tel as Chuen Shwo, with a mythological meaning. Telescopium was periodically called "Tubus Astronomicus"; this name is now deprecated.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of telescopium in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of telescopium in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3