Musca

Summary

Musca is a constellation^[1]. Musca draws 126 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #64 of 85).^[2]

Key Facts

• Musca is credited with the discovery of Petrus Plancius^[3].
• Musca is credited with the discovery of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille^[4].
• Musca's image is recorded as Constellation Musca.jpg^[5].
• Musca's instance of is recorded as constellation^[6].
• Musca's shares border with is recorded as Apus^[7].
• Musca's shares border with is recorded as Carina^[8].
• Musca's shares border with is recorded as Centaurus^[9].
• Musca's shares border with is recorded as Chamaeleon^[10].
• Musca's shares border with is recorded as Circinus^[11].
• Musca's shares border with is recorded as Crux^[12].
• fly is named after Musca^[13].
• Musca's locator map image is recorded as Musca constellation map.svg^[14].
• Musca's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere^[15].
• Musca's astronomic symbol image is recorded as Musca symbol (Moskowitz, variable width).svg^[16].
• Musca's Commons category is recorded as Musca (constellation)^[17].
• Musca's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1756-00-00T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Musca's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f198^[19].
• Musca's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Musca^[20].
• Musca's Commons gallery is recorded as Musca^[21].
• Musca's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0044537^[22].
• Musca's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Musca's described by source is recorded as Musca^[24].
• Musca's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[25].
• Musca's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Musca-constellation^[26].
• Musca's topic has template is recorded as Template:Musca^[27].

Body

Geography

Musca's part of is recorded as Southern Celestial Hemisphere^[15].

Physical Characteristics

Musca's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q254532', 'amount': '+138'}^[28].

Designation and Status

Musca's instance of is recorded as constellation^[6].

History and Context

fly is named after Musca^[13].

Why It Matters

Musca draws 126 Wikipedia views per month (constellation category, ranking #64 of 85).^[2] Musca has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[29] Musca is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[30]