Telescopium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Telescopium

Etymology

The constellation was named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763, from New Latin telescopium (“a telescope”)

Derived words

Telescopii
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