Constellations
Musca (Mus)
The Fly
Also known as fly.
6 looks for Musca
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 Musca
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Fly
- IAU abbreviation
- Mus
- Its stars are named
- Muscae (as in "Alpha Muscae")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in May
- Centre
- Right ascension 12h 29m, declination −69° 23′
- The figure
- 6 stars joined by 6 lines
- Brightest star
- α Mus, magnitude 2.69
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Musmag 2.69
- β Musmag 3.05
- δ Musmag 3.62
- λ Musmag 3.64
- γ Musmag 3.87
- ε Musmag 4.11
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