Constellation Musca (Fly)
![Musca](/thumb/f6f5e8a1402b37062d45b756853f4ac0_fig.webp)
Properties
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]
Deep-Sky Object Descriptions
Catalogues
![Southern Constellations: Phoenix, Grus, Indus, Toucan, Hydrus, Pavo, Apus Indica, Triangulum Australe, Chameleon, Apis, Piscis Volans, Dorado](/thumb/883ebf7968b465d815aedbc5ee73604d_fig.webp)
History
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]