MUSCA
Basic Infomation
| Date First Appeared | Sky Area | Neighbors |
|---|---|---|
| 1598 (Keyser & de Houtman) |
0.3% of the sky 138.4 square degrees |
The following constellations neighbor Musca: Apus, Carina, Centaurus, Chamaeleon, Circinus, Crux. |
Musca constellation is located in the southern sky, just to the south of Crux, the Southern Cross. Its name means “the fly” in Latin.
The constellation was created by the Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius from the observations of Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman in the late 16th century. It was first depicted in a celestial atlas in 1603, in Johann Bayer’s Uranometria.
stars
Musca contains one star with known planets and has no Messier objects. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpha Muscae, with an apparent magnitude of 2.69. There are no meteor showers associated with the constellation.
Musca does not contain any formally named stars