Constellation
The constellation Musca
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Musca gathers 31 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Musca, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around March.
Musca in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 31
- Brightest star
- Alpha Musca
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- March
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Delta Musca
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.69
Declination from -75° to -65°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
91 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 Musca
The 31 stars of Musca catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Musca2.69
- Beta Musca3.04
- Delta Musca3.61
- Lambda Musca3.63
- Gamma Musca3.84
- Epsilon Musca4.06
- Mu Musca4.75
- Eta Musca4.79
- HIP 648204.86
- HIP 578514.89
- HIP 576964.98
- HIP 568625.01
- Iota 1 Musca5.04
- HIP 555975.09
- Zeta 2 Musca5.15
- HIP 591515.17
- HIP 588845.34
- Theta Musca5.44
- HIP 556575.55
- HIP 626085.55
- HIP 655225.65
- Zeta 1 Musca5.73
- HIP 611815.88
- HIP 562875.89
- HIP 587205.89
- HIP 644665.91
- HIP 643905.92
- HIP 631655.93
- HIP 636885.93
- HIP 567275.94
- HIP 590505.95
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.