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Musca (constellation) facts for kids
| Constellation | |
| Abbreviation | Mus |
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| Genitive | Muscae |
| Pronunciation | |
| Symbolism | the Fly |
| Right ascension | 11h 19.3m to 13h 51.1m |
| Declination | −64.64° to −75.68° |
| Quadrant | SQ3 |
| Area | 138 sq. deg. (77th) |
| Main stars | 6 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars |
13 |
| Stars with planets | 3 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 1 |
| Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) | 1 |
| Brightest star | α Mus (2.69m) |
| Nearest star | LP 145-141 (15.07 ly, 4.62 pc) |
| Messier objects | none |
| Meteor showers | ????? |
| Bordering constellations |
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| Visible at latitudes between +10° and −90°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of May. |
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Musca is a constellation in the southern sky. Many of the constellation's brighter stars are members of the Scorpius–Centaurus Association, a loose group of hot blue-white stars that appears to share a common origin and motion across the Milky Way.
Images for kids
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Musca (as Apis) can be seen in the upper right of this extract from Bayer's Uranometria of 1603
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The Coalsack Nebula can be seen as the large dark region near the top of the photo. It extends into the northeast of Musca. The vertical dark column in the lower right of the image is the Dark Doodad Nebula.