Constellations
Mensa (Men)
The Table Mountain
Also known as table mountain.
6 looks for Mensa
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Mensa
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Table Mountain
- IAU abbreviation
- Men
- Its stars are named
- Mensae (as in "Alpha Mensae")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 5h 24m, declination −74° 28′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- α Men, magnitude 5.09
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Menmag 5.09
- γ Menmag 5.19
- β Menmag 5.31
- η Menmag 5.47
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation