Musca
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Musca is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of 12 constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, and it fi
Musca (as Apis) can be seen in the upper right of this extract from Bayer's Uranometria of 1603
Musca as seen by the naked eye
The Coalsack Nebula can be seen as the large, dark region near the top of the photo. It extends into the northeast of Musca. The vertical dark column in the lower right of the image is the Dark Doodad Nebula.
Chamaeleon
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Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a kind of lizard. It was first defined in the end of the 16th century.
Musca
…which it was known for the next two centuries. A 1603 celestial globe by Willem Blaeu depicts it as providing nourishment for the nearby constellation Chamaeleon—its tongue trying to catch the insect. The French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille called it la Mouche on the 1756 version of his…
Spiral galaxy ESO 021-G004.
The constellation Chamaeleon as it can be seen by the naked eye.
Wide-field astrophotograph of the constellation Chamaeleon with IAU constellation boundaries and stick figure overlaid. The dark patches of the Chamaeleon dark clouds are visible throughout the field.