Microscopium Mic
Microscopium is one of the 88 constellations, covering 210 square degrees of the sky (66th largest). It is highest at midnight in August and best in the evening sky in September and October.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Mic |
|---|---|
| Size | 210 square degrees (66th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 20h 57m, −36° |
| Highest at midnight | August (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: September and October) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 34° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 4°. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 6925 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 4.7′ |
| NGC 6958 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.4 | 2.4′ |
| IC 5105 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.6 | 3′ |
| IC 5011 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.8 | 3′ |
| NGC 6923 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 2.5′ |
| IC 5020 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 2.3′ |
| IC 5007 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 2.3′ |
| NGC 7060 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 2′ |
| IC 5086 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 1.8′ |
| IC 5003 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.9 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 6919 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.1 | 1.4′ |
| NGC 6947 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.4 | 1.7′ |
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