Mensa Men
Mensa is one of the 88 constellations, covering 153 square degrees of the sky (75th largest). It is highest at midnight in December and best in the evening sky in January and February.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Men |
|---|---|
| Size | 153 square degrees (75th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 5h 28m, −78° |
| Highest at midnight | December (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: January and February) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle never rises; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 1848 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.7 | 2.2′ |
| NGC 1845 (on the map) | Association of stars | 10.2 | 8.9′ |
| NGC 2122 (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 10.4 | 6′ |
| NGC 2103 (on the map) | HII region (glowing hydrogen) | 10.8 | 4′ |
| NGC 2031 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 10.8 | 3.3′ |
| NGC 2019 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 10.9 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 2018 (on the map) | HII region (glowing hydrogen) | 10.9 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 2025 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 10.9 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2134 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 11.1 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 1986 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 11.1 | 2.8′ |
| NGC 1711 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 11.1 | 3.5′ |
| IC 2051 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.2 | 2.9′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits