Heliocodex

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Microscopium

43 stars in Microscopium can be seen by eye from a dark place. 2 have names of their own. The rest go by a Greek letter, a number, or their place in a catalogue. Here is every one, brightest first.

Its stars

45 in all. The dot shows each star's colour.

  1. Gamma MicroscopiiSeen away from bright lights, 230 light years
  2. Epsilon MicroscopiiSeen away from bright lights, 180 light years
  3. Theta-1 MicroscopiiSeen away from bright lights, 200 light years
  4. Alpha MicroscopiiSeen away from bright lights, 380 light years
  5. Iota MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  6. Nu MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 230 light years
  7. HIP 104174Just seen from a dark place, 330 light years
  8. HIP 104738Just seen from a dark place, 110 light years
  9. Zeta MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 120 light years
  10. HIP 103127Just seen from a dark place, 400 light years
  11. HIP 104750Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  12. HIP 102014Just seen from a dark place, 240 light years
  13. HIP 102497Just seen from a dark place, 320 light years
  14. HIP 105913Just seen from a dark place, 180 light years
  15. HIP 102916Just seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  16. Eta MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 710 light years
  17. HIP 105854Just seen from a dark place, 260 light years
  18. Delta MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 300 light years
  19. HIP 102092Just seen from a dark place, 450 light years
  20. Theta-2 MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 390 light years
  21. HIP 104680Just seen from a dark place, 100 light years
  22. HIP 103836Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  23. HIP 104752Just seen from a dark place, 370 light years
  24. Beta MicroscopiiJust seen from a dark place, 480 light years
  25. HIP 101017Just seen from a dark place, 710 light years
  26. HIP 103646Just seen from a dark place, 130 light years
  27. HIP 104980Just seen from a dark place, 700 light years
  28. HIP 104925Just seen from a dark place, 560 light years
  29. HIP 103902Just seen from a dark place, 950 light years
  30. HIP 102057Just seen from a dark place, 540 light years
  31. HIP 102096Just seen from a dark place, 1,100 light years
  32. HIP 102230Just seen from a dark place, 920 light years
  33. HIP 101211Just seen from a dark place, 680 light years
  34. HIP 103103Just seen from a dark place, 570 light years
  35. HIP 101623Just seen from a dark place, 460 light years
  36. HIP 105228Just seen from a dark place, 360 light years
  37. HIP 103168Just seen from a dark place, 1,000 light years
  38. HIP 101552Just seen from a dark place, 590 light years
  39. HIP 102901Just seen from a dark place, 650 light years
  40. HIP 101558Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  41. HIP 104441Just seen from a dark place, 250 light years
  42. HIP 102670Just seen from a dark place, 520 light years
  43. HIP 102496Just seen from a dark place, 220 light years
  44. Lacaille 8760Needs a telescope, 13 light years
  45. Speedy MicNeeds a telescope, 170 light years

Where this comes from

The stars and their measurements are from the HYG star database, version 4.4, by David Nash, shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. Which constellation a star belongs to follows the boundaries drawn by the International Astronomical Union, as that database gives them. To see what is up tonight, open the sky map.