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Microscopium ("the Microscope") is a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere, one of twelve created in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille and one of several depicting scientific instruments. The name is a Latinised form of the Greek word for microscope. Its stars are faint and hardly visible from most of the non-tropical Northern Hemisphere.
Microscopium, or "the Microscope," is a faint constellation in the southern sky that was created in the 18th century by French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille as one of twelve new constellations depicting scientific instruments. Its stars are too dim to be easily seen from most of the Northern Hemisphere outside tropical regions.
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Key facts
- Constellation.name
- Microscopium
- Constellation.abbreviation
- Mic
- Constellation.genitive
- Microscopii
- Constellation.pronounce
- , genitive
- Constellation.symbolism
- the Microscope
- Constellation.family
- La Caille
- Constellation.quadrant
- SQ4
- Constellation.areatotal
- 210
- Constellation.arearank
- 66th
- Constellation.numbermainstars
- 5
- Constellation.numberbfstars
- 13
- Constellation.numberbrightstars
- 0
- Constellation.numbernearbystars
- 2
- Constellation.brighteststarname
- γ Mic
- Constellation.starmagnitude
- 4.67
- Constellation.neareststarname
- Lacaille 8760
- Constellation.stardistancely
- 12.95
- Constellation.stardistancepc
- 3.97
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- constellation
- Named after
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
- Official name
- Microscopium
- Area
- 209.5
- Shares border with
- Piscis Austrinus
- Image
- Constellation Microscopium.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1751-00-00
- Commons category
- Microscopium (constellation)
- topic's main category
- Category:Microscopium
- Commons gallery
- Microscopium
- short name
- Mic
- discoverer or inventor
- Nicolas Louis de Lacaille
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Astronomy
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