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Constellations of Musca and the Southern cross

author: A.Fujii/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-cst54-00004

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 40 cm

In contrast to adjacent Crux, Musca (The Fly) is a much less obvious, less distinguished and less useful constellation that first appeared in Johann Bayer's 1603 Uranometria. It is one of a dozen created by the Dutch explorers/navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman on their voyages into the south seas in the late 16th century.  

Keywords for this photo:

ALPHA CENTAURI - ASTRONOMY - COAL SACK - CONSTELLATION - CRUX - DARK NEBULA - ETA CARINAE - IC 2602 - LINE - MAP - MILKY WAY - MUSCA - NEBULA - NGC 3372 - POSTER - SOUTHERN CROSS - SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE - STAR -