Constellations · Constellation · Muscae · Mus
Constellation
Musca
The fly, under the Southern Cross. First drawn by Dutch navigators as a bee, it is the only insect in the modern sky.
- Genitive
- Muscae
- Area
- 138 square degrees · 77th of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 2.69
- Naked-eye stars
- 63 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- early April
Look for
Its stars are bright for a southern modern constellation. It also holds the globular cluster NGC 4833, not far from the Coalsack.