Musca, mythology, history, characteristic and observation by telescope.

	Musca represented a fly and comprises of the dozen of introduced southern constellations at the end of century XVI by the navigators P. D. Keyser and F. de Houtman.

Musca, is a small visible austral circumpolar constellation solely in the South hemisphere during great part of the year, crosses the austral meridian of 70º of South latitude. One is very next to the equator of the Milky Route to less of 10º to the south for that reason we pruned to see in her great amount of stars and stellar clusters.

Musca limits the north with Centaurus and Crux, to the east with Carina, the south with the constellation of Chamaleon and to the west with Circinus.

Musca hspear the date, I have not been able to locate it to be in very austral latitudes from the island of Majorca where alive, although I do not discard to someday make a trip to the seas of the south, and to lose to me in an island of the desert Pacific to be able to contemplate and to locate the constellations that I have left to discover.

Constellation of Musca

Main stars

Alpha, a; about 2.69 magnitude and blue color, one is a blue giant 660 times more luminous than our Sun, dista 306 years light. One is in the center of the constellation

Beta, b; 3.08 magnitude and also blue color, is more luminous, dista a blue giant 460 times 311 years light.

Gamma, g; of blue, giant magnitude 3.84, blue 240 times more luminous than the Dista Sun of us 324 years light.

Other objects

NGC 4372, spectacular globular cluster of magnitude 7.80 located to the south of the constellation formed by the 16 stars from the 12 to magnitude, almost has an angular diameter of 20' of arc, it's 16,000 years light.

NGC 4833, spectacular globular cluster of magnitude 7.40 located in the center of Musca formed by the 12 stars of magnitude, has an angular diameter of 12' of arc, it's 19,000 years light.

To date observations by telescope have not been made since it is located in the South hemisphere, next to the horizon culminating to less of 10º from where I write these lines to you, Majorca, Spain, although I do not discard to someday make a trip to the seas of the south, and to lose to me in an island of the Pacific to be able to contemplate and to locate the constellations that still I have left to discover.

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