Musca Mus
Musca is one of the 88 constellations, covering 138 square degrees of the sky (77th largest). It is highest at midnight in March and best in the evening sky in April and May.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Mus |
|---|---|
| Size | 138 square degrees (77th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 12h 34m, −70° |
| Highest at midnight | March (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: April and May) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle never rises; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Nebulae
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 4463 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 7.2 | 4.8′ |
| NGC 4815 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 8.6 | 3.9′ |
| NGC 4372 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 9.9 | 12′ |
| IC 4191 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 10.6 | 0.1′ |
| NGC 4071 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 13 | 1.1′ |
| IC 2980 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.3 | 2′ |
| NGC 5189 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 14.5 | 2.3′ |
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