Microscopium the Microscope
Another
constellation introduced by Lacaille in the 1750s. This group
represents another of the scientific instruments that Lacaille placed
in the southern sky. Sadly as with so many of his new constellations
Microscopium is little more than a filler between Sagittarius and
Piscis Austrinus.
There
are no bright stars in Microscopium .
The
brightest stars are gamma at magnitude 4.7, which lies at a distance
of 225 light years and is a G7 giant star.
Epsilon
also has a magnitude of 4.7 and is an A1 class star lying 166 light
years away.
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