Telescopium

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Telescopium

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

proper noun

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

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name small faint constellation of the southern winter sky

EspañolTelescopium
日本語望遠鏡座 Bōenkyōza, ぼうえんきょう座 Bōenkyōza
中文望遠鏡座 /望远镜座 Wàngyuǎnjìngzuò
FrançaisTélescope
DeutschTeleskop
ΕλληνικάΤηλεσκόπιον Tileskópion
РусскийТелескоп Teleskop
العربيةالْمِقْرَاب al-miqrāb

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MLA

"Telescopium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/telescopium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Telescopium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/telescopium

Chicago

"Telescopium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/telescopium.

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@misc{telescopium_2026,
  title = {Telescopium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/telescopium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}