MUSCA
AUSTRALIS
(Abbreviation:
Mus).
This small but fairly distinctive constellation, not far from Crux, is generally known simply as ‘Musca’. There are five stars above the fourth magnitude.
a is actually a variable over a small range (2.66-2.73).
BRIGHTEST
STARS
|
STAR |
R.A |
DEC |
MAG. |
ABS.MAG. |
SPEC |
DIST.PC | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | |||||
|
l |
11 |
45 |
36.4 |
-66 |
43 |
43 |
3.64 |
2.1 |
A5 |
16 |
|
m |
11 |
48 |
14.4 |
-66 |
48 |
53 |
4.72 |
-0.5 |
gM2 |
110 |
|
Î |
12 |
17 |
34.2 |
-67 |
57 |
38 |
4.11 |
2.2 |
gM6 |
12 |
|
g |
12 |
32 |
28.1 |
-72 |
07 |
58 |
3.87 |
-1.1 |
B5 |
59 |
|
a |
12 |
37 |
11.0 |
-69 |
08 |
07 |
2.69v |
-2.3 |
B3 |
430 100
L/Y |
|
b |
12 |
46 |
16.9 |
-68 |
06 |
29 |
3.05 |
-1.7 |
B3 |
89 |
|
d |
13 |
02 |
16.3 |
-71 |
32 |
56 |
3.62 |
-0.1 |
K2 |
54 |
DOUBLES
|
STAR |
R.A |
DEC |
MAGS. |
P.A. |
DIST.” | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | ||||
|
b |
12 |
46 |
16.9 |
-68 |
06 |
29 |
3.9,4.2 |
007 |
1.6
BINARY |
|
q |
13 |
08 |
08.7 |
-65 |
18 |
22 |
5.6,7.2 |
186 |
5.3
FIXED |
VARIABLES
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
RANGE |
PERIOD,D |
SPEC |
TYPE | ||
|
H |
M |
o |
‘ | |||||
|
S |
12 |
10.1 |
-69 |
52 |
6.5---7.3 |
9.66 |
F-G |
CEPHEID |
|
R |
12 |
39.0 |
-69 |
08 |
6.3---7.3 |
7.51 |
F-G |
CEPHEID |
|
BO |
12 |
32.0 |
-67 |
29 |
6.0---6.7 |
- |
M3 |
IRREGULAR |
|
T |
13 |
17.3 |
-74 |
11 |
7.0---9.0 |
93 |
N |
SEMI-REGULAR |
CLUSTERS AND NEBULÆ
|
OBJECT |
R.A. |
DEC |
TYPE |
NOTES | ||
|
H |
M |
o |
‘ | |||
|
NGC
4372 |
12 |
23.0 |
-72 |
24 |
GLOBULAR |
MAG.8 |
|
H.6 |
12 |
45.0 |
-68 |
10 |
OPEN
CLUSTER |
MAG.10.6. ABOUT 75
STARS |
|
NGC
4833 |
12 |
56.0 |
-70 |
36 |
GLOBULAR |
MAG.7 |
|
I
4191 |
13 |
05.0 |
-67 |
22 |
PLANETARY |
MAG.12. STELLAR
APPEARANCE |
|
H.8 |
13 |
15.0 |
-66 |
49 |
OPEN
CLUSTER |
MAG.10. ABOUT 25
STARS |
