Constellations of Musca and the Southern cross
auteur: A.Fujii/David Malin Images/Novapix
référence: a-cst54-00003
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.
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