Musca

Constellation map featuring Musca, centre

Meaning

Proper Noun

An autumn constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a fly, between the constellations of Carina and Apus.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin musca ("a fly"). Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, between 1595 and 1597. mouche.

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