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Musca



Abbreviation: Mus
Genitive: Muscae
Right Ascension: 12.46 hours
Declination: -70.34 degrees
  Musca, the Fly, is completely visible in latitudes South of 15 degrees North from February - April

Musca was invented by Pieter Dirksz Keyser and Fredrick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597

  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
ALP MUS 12.00:37.00:10.95 -69.00:8.00:7.96 2.69
DEL MUS 13.00:2.00:16.21 -71.00:32.00:55.88 3.62
LAM MUS 11.00:45.00:36.38 -66.00:43.00:43.47 3.64
GAM MUS 12.00:32.00:27.96 -72.00:7.00:58.64 3.87
ETA MUS 13.00:15.00:14.89 -67.00:53.00:40.47 4.80
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
NGC 4372 12 25.8 -72 40 GLOCL 07.8 466 25
NGC 4463 12 30.0 -64 48 OPNCL 07.2 450 25
NGC 4815 12 58.0 -64 57 OPNCL 08.6 451 25
NGC 4833 12 59.6 -70 53 GLOCL 07.4 451 25
Harvard 8 13 18.8 -67 12 OPNCL 09.5 451 25
Ru 107 13 20.6 -64 57 OPNCL 09.7 451 25
Cr 269 13 22.6 -66 07 OPNCL 09.2 451 25
Cr 277 13 48.7 -66 05 OPNCL 09.2 452 25
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
R Mus 12.00:39.00:0.40 -69.00:8.00:0.00 DCEP 6.73 5.93
S Mus 12.00:10.00:4.20 -69.00:52.00:26.00 DCEP 6.49 5.89
BO Mus 12.00:31.00:57.20 -67.00:28.00:53.00 LB 6.56 5.85
EZ Mus 13.00:25.00:6.90 -69.00:22.00:7.00 ACV 0.09 6.19
FH Mus 12.00:36.00:56.80 -66.00:14.00:12.00 ELL: 0.03 6.26
GS Mus 12.00:3.00:12.70 -69.00:17.00:41.00 ACYG 7.55 7.34
GT Mus 11.00:37.00:9.70 -65.00:7.00:14.00 E:/RS 5.21 5.08
alf Mus 12.00:34.00:10.70 -68.00:51.00:37.00 BCEP 2.73 2.68
eps Mus 12.00:14.00:51.00 -67.00:40.00:57.00 SRB: 4.31 3.99
eta Mus 13.00:11.00:50.00 -67.00:37.00:49.00 E 4.81 4.76
tet Mus 13.00:4.00:52.10 -65.00:2.00:21.00 E+WR 5.52 5.50
mu Mus 11.00:45.00:49.30 -66.00:32.00:12.00 LB 4.80 4.60
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
HJ 4432 11 23.3 -64 56 5.7, 6.9 2.40 306 25 449/ 450
HJ 4498 12 06.4 -65 42 6.2, 8.0 8.80 60 25 450
R 207 12 46.3 -68 05 3.9, 4.2 1.40 30 25 451
RMK 16 13 08.2 -65 18 5.9, 7.5 5.30 187 25 451