CONSTELLATION OF MICROSCOPIUM |
Name: Microscopium
Abbreviation: Mic
Meaning: Microscope
Right Ascension: 21h
Declination: -36º
Area (Degrees squared): 210
Stars with known planets: 1
Bordering Constellations: Capricorn, Sagittarius, Telescopium,
Indus, Grus, Pisces Austrinus
Visible at latitudes between +45º and -90º and best at 21.00h during September. In the northern hemisphere, the constellation of Microscopium is considered a
summer constellation and is visible from August to November depending on the time of night.
Microscopium is a small constellation in the southern hemisphere, created in the eighteenth century by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
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The stars of Microscopium are very faint and hardly visible from most of the non-tropical northern hemisphere.
Numbered Stars with Magnitudes:
1. +4.70
2. +5.20
3. +4.65
4. +4.85
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