Constellations
Microscopium (Mic)
The Microscope
Also known as microscope.
6 looks for Microscopium
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 Microscopium
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Microscope
- IAU abbreviation
- Mic
- Its stars are named
- Microscopii (as in "Alpha Microscopii")
- Family
- La Caille family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in September
- Centre
- Right ascension 21h 04m, declination −36° 39′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- γ Mic, magnitude 4.67
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- γ Micmag 4.67
- ε Micmag 4.71
- θ1 Micmag 4.82
- α Micmag 4.90
- ι Micmag 5.11
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