Musca is a small constellation with 138 square degrees in the band of the Milky Way. It connects to Crux to the south and shares with it a piece of the dark cloud Coal Sack. The center of the constellation culminates around midnight on March 31st. [9, 15]
The constellation Musca goes back to Johann Bayer, who in 1603 separated a piece from the ancient constellation Centaurus and renamed it Apis (the Bee). Jakob Bartsch is said to have renamed the constellation Musca later. [7, 21]
Catalogs
Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) [154]
HR
B
F
RA [hms]
Dec [dms]
vMag
spType
dMag
Sep ["]
4520
λ
11 45 36.4
-66 43 43
3.64
A7III
9.0
40.6
4530
μ
11 48 14.3
-66 48 53
4.72
K4III
4671
ε
12 17 34.1
-67 57 39
4.11
M5III
4703
ζ2
12 22 07.3
-67 31 19
5.15
A5V
5.4
32.4
4704
ζ1
12 22 11.9
-68 18 27
5.74
K0III
4773
γ
12 32 28.0
-72 07 59
3.87
B5V
4798
α
12 37 11.0
-69 08 08
2.69
B2IV-V
10.1
29.6
4844
β
12 46 16.9
-68 06 29
3.05
B2.5V
0.2
1.3
4923
δ
13 02 16.2
-71 32 56
3.62
K2III
4952
θ
13 08 07.0
-65 18 23
5.51
B0Ia+WC5: v
1.7
5.3
4993
η
13 15 14.9
-67 53 40
4.80
B8V
3.2
60.
5042
ι1
13 25 07.1
-74 53 16
5.05
K0III
5051
ι2
13 27 18.3
-74 41 31
6.63
B9V
«Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue», Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke, 2021 [277]