Constellation
The constellation Microscopium
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Microscopium gathers 23 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Gamma Microscopium, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around August.
Microscopium in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 23
- Brightest star
- Gamma Microscopium
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- August
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- HIP 104680
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 4.67
Declination from -45° to -28°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
103 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 Microscopium
The 23 stars of Microscopium catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Gamma Microscopium4.67
- Epsilon Microscopium4.71
- Theta 1 Microscopium4.80
- Alpha Microscopium4.89
- Iota Microscopium5.11
- Nu Microscopium5.12
- HIP 1041745.20
- HIP 1047385.25
- Zeta Microscopium5.32
- HIP 1031275.34
- HIP 1047505.41
- HIP 1020145.47
- HIP 1024975.48
- HIP 1059135.50
- HIP 1029165.52
- Eta Microscopium5.55
- HIP 1058545.64
- Delta Microscopium5.69
- HIP 1020925.75
- Theta 2 Microscopium5.76
- HIP 1046805.83
- HIP 1038365.93
- HIP 1047525.97
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.