Constellations · Constellation · Mensae · Men
Constellation
Mensa
Table Mountain, above Cape Town — the only constellation named after a place on Earth, where Lacaille charted the southern sky.
- Genitive
- Mensae
- Area
- 153 square degrees · 75th of 88
- Brightest star
- Hoerikwaggo · magnitude 5.08
- Naked-eye stars
- 23 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- mid December
History
Part of the Large Magellanic Cloud spills over its border, like the “tablecloth” of cloud that often pours over the real mountain.