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- Musca (Latin for 'the fly') is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of 12 constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations...44 KB (4,771 words) - 23:47, 16 July 2024
- Musca Borealis (Latin for northern fly) was a constellation, now discarded, located between the constellations of Aries and Perseus. It was originally...3 KB (349 words) - 21:13, 30 April 2024
- contemporary astronomy, 88 constellations are recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Each constellation is a region of the sky bordered...32 KB (848 words) - 02:49, 7 August 2024
- Crux (redirect from Crux constellation)Nebula, portions of which are mapped in the neighbouring constellations of Centaurus and Musca. The bright stars in Crux were known to the Ancient Greeks...45 KB (5,259 words) - 19:02, 16 July 2024
- Musca Australis became simply Musca. Some of the early constellations were never universally adopted. Stars were often grouped into constellations differently...54 KB (5,783 words) - 16:30, 20 August 2024
- was running and looking behind itself. The obsolete constellations Apes, Vespa, Lilium, and Musca Borealis all centred on the same four stars, now known...50 KB (5,448 words) - 00:29, 18 August 2024
- up musca or Musca in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Musca is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. Musca may also refer to: Tom Musca (born...712 bytes (127 words) - 14:13, 30 August 2023
- (International Astronomical Union) constellation. IAU constellations are areas of the sky. Although there are only 88 IAU constellations, the sky is actually divided...7 KB (415 words) - 21:15, 17 April 2023
- the list of notable stars in the constellation Musca, sorted by decreasing brightness. List of stars by constellation de Zeeuw, P.T.; Hoogerwerf, R.; de...17 KB (143 words) - 12:23, 14 May 2023
- Argo Navis (redirect from Argo Navis constellation)is one of Ptolemy's 48 constellations, now a grouping of three IAU constellations. It is formerly a single large constellation in the southern sky. The...14 KB (1,424 words) - 09:42, 5 May 2024
- is a constellation in the southern sky. Its name is Latin for the keel of a ship, and it was the southern foundation of the larger constellation of Argo...18 KB (2,149 words) - 22:14, 29 July 2024
- Chamaeleon, and Musca. Bayer labeled Musca as "Apis" (the Bee), but over time it was renamed. (Bayer's twelfth new southern constellation, Triangulum Australe...10 KB (1,074 words) - 23:06, 14 April 2023
- Centaurus (redirect from Centaurus constellation)-ˈtɑːr-/ is a bright constellation in the southern sky. One of the largest constellations, Centaurus was included among the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century...23 KB (2,825 words) - 19:50, 10 August 2024
- Chamaeleon (redirect from Chamaeleon constellation)Chamaeleon (/kəˈmiːliən/) is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a kind of lizard. It was first defined in...8 KB (657 words) - 16:02, 25 August 2024
- Former constellations are old historical Western constellations that for various reasons are no longer widely recognised or are not officially recognised...25 KB (774 words) - 09:10, 23 August 2024
- Apus (redirect from Apus constellation)the north, Musca and Chamaeleon to the west, Octans to the south, and Pavo to the east. The three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted...27 KB (3,088 words) - 13:46, 17 July 2024
- asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese 星官 xīng guān). The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic...26 KB (1,681 words) - 17:51, 21 August 2024
- The International Astronomical Union (IAU) designates 88 constellations of stars. In the table below, they are ranked by the solid angle that they subtend...13 KB (338 words) - 01:10, 30 July 2024
- The modern constellation Musca is not included in the Three Enclosures and Twenty-Eight Mansions system of traditional Chinese uranography because its...3 KB (221 words) - 12:24, 14 May 2023
- Circinus (redirect from Circinus constellation)published an updated sky map with Latin names for the constellations he introduced. Bordered by Centaurus, Musca, Apus, Triangulum Australe, Norma and Lupus, Circinus...31 KB (3,344 words) - 16:59, 17 July 2024
- Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 Constellation 17670491911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 7 — Constellation CONSTELLATION (from the Lat. constellatus, studded
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