Constellation
The constellation Mensa
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Mensa gathers 15 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Mensa, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around December.
Mensa in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 15
- Brightest star
- Alpha Mensa
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- December
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Alpha Mensa
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 5.08
Declination from -82° to -71°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
33 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Mensa
The 15 stars of Mensa catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.