Microscopium

Mic star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Lacaille in the 1750s.

Etymology and History

Lacaille on Microscopium 1752

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)