Musca
Mus
Rank: #77
138 sq. deg.
Musca (Latin for 'the fly') is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of 12 constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, and it first appeared on a celestial globe 35 cm (14 in) in diameter published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius and Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
IAU constellation map showing the boundaries and main stars
Musca
| Genitive | Muscae |
| Symbolism | The Musca |
| Right ascension | 12h 30m 00s |
| Declination | -70° 00' 00" |
| Area | |
| Area rank | 77 |
| Brightest star | |
| Best visible at 21:00 | Variable |
Deep-Sky Objects Summary
31
Brightest Stars
2
Open Clusters
2
Globular Clusters
1
Galaxies
0
Nebulae
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