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'==Characteristics== Microscopium is a small constellation bordered by [[Capricornus]] to the north, [[Piscis Austrinus]] and [[Grus (constellation)|Grus]] to the west, [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]] to the east, and [[Indus (constellation)|Indus]] to the south, touching on [[Telescopium]] to the southeast. The recommended three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the [[International Astronomical Union]] in 1922, is 'Mic'.<ref name=pa30_469>{{cite magazine | last=Russell | first=Henry Norris |author-link=Henry Norris Russell | title=The new international symbols for the constellations | magazine=[[Popular Astronomy (US magazine)|Popular Astronomy]] | volume=30 | page=469 | bibcode=1922PA.....30..469R | date=1922 }}</ref> The official constellation boundaries, as set by [[Eugène Joseph Delporte|Eugène Delporte]] in 1930, are defined by a polygon of four segments (''illustrated in infobox''). In the [[equatorial coordinate system]], the [[right ascension]] coordinates of these borders lie between {{RA|20|27.3}} and {{RA|21|28.4}}, while the [[declination]] coordinates are between −27.45° and −45.09°.<ref name=boundary>{{Cite journal | title=Microscopium, constellation boundary | journal=The Constellations| publisher=International Astronomical Union | url=http://www.iau.org/public/constellations/#mic | accessdate=13 July 2012 }}</ref> The whole constellation is visible to observers south of latitude [[45th parallel north|45°N]].<ref name=tirionconst>{{cite web| url=http://www.ianridpath.com/constellations2.htm | title=Constellations: Lacerta–Vulpecula | work= Star Tales |author=[[Ian Ridpath]]|publisher=Self-published | accessdate= 29 November 2014}}</ref>{{efn|1=While parts of the constellation technically rise above the horizon to observers between 45°N and [[62nd parallel north|62°N]], stars within a few degrees of the horizon are to all intents and purposes unobservable.<ref name=tirionconst/>}} Given that its brightest stars are of fifth magnitude, the constellation is invisible to the naked eye in areas with [[Light pollution|polluted]] skies.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kambič |first=Bojan |title=Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars |publisher=Springer |date=2009 |page=341 |isbn=978-0-387-85354-3 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=3vxLNPNHOcwC&pg=PA340}}</ref>{{efn|1=Objects of magnitude 5.0 are barely visible to the unaided eye in the night skies of city-suburban transition areas.<ref name=bortle/>}} ==Features== [[Image:Constellation Microscopium.jpg|thumb|left|The constellation Microscopium as it can be seen by the naked eye.]] ===Stars=== {{see also|List of stars in Microscopium}} French astronomer [[Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille]] charted and designated ten stars with the [[Bayer designation]]s [[Alpha Microscopii|Alpha]] through to [[Iota Microscopii|Iota]] in 1756. A star in neighbouring Indus that Lacaille had labelled Nu Indi turned out to be in Microscopium, so Gould renamed it [[Nu Microscopii]]. [[Francis Baily]] considered Gamma and Epsilon Microscopii to belong to the neighbouring constellation Piscis Austrinus, but subsequent cartographers did not follow this.{{sfn|Wagman|2003|pp=181, 210}} In his 1725 ''Catalogus Britannicus'', John Flamsteed labelled the stars 1, 2, 3 and 4 Piscis Austrini, which became Gamma Microscopii, [[2 Piscis Austrini|HR 8076]], [[3 Piscis Austrini|HR 8110]] and Epsilon Microscopii respectively.{{sfn|Wagman|2003|p=458}}<!-- cites previous 4 sentences --> Within the constellation's borders, there are 43 stars brighter than or equal to [[apparent magnitude]]&nbsp;6.5.{{efn|1=Objects of magnitude 6.5 are among the faintest visible to the unaided eye in suburban-rural transition night skies.<ref name=bortle>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/darksky/3304011.html?page=1&c=y|title=The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale|last=Bortle|first=John E.|date=February 2001|work=[[Sky & Telescope]]|publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation|accessdate=29 November 2014}}</ref>}}<ref name=tirionconst/> Depicting the eyepiece of the microscope is [[Gamma Microscopii]],<ref name="motz">{{cite book|last=Motz|first=Lloyd|author2=Nathanson, Carol|title=The Constellations: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Night Sky|publisher=Aurum Press|location=London|date=1991|pages=369–370|isbn=978-1-85410-088-7}}</ref> which—at magnitude of&nbsp;4.68—is the brightest star in the constellation. Having spent much of its 620-million-year lifespan as a blue-white [[main sequence]] star, it has swollen and cooled to become a yellow [[giant star|giant]] of [[Stellar classification#Spectral types|spectral type]] G6III, with a diameter ten times that of the Sun.<ref name=kalergamma>{{cite web| url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammamic.html |title=Gamma Mic |work=Stars |author= Kaler, James B. |accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref> Measurement of its parallax yields a distance of 223 ± 8 light years from Earth.<ref name=Gaia-DR2gamma>{{cite DR2|6781898461559620480}}</ref> At around 2.5 times the mass of the Sun, it likely passed within 1.14 and 3.45 light-years of the Sun some 3.9 million years ago, possibly massive enough and close enough to disturb the [[Oort cloud]].<ref name=aa575_A35>{{cite journal | last1=Bailer-Jones | first1=C.A.L. | title=Close encounters of the stellar kind | journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics | volume=575 | id=A35 | pages=13 | date=2015 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201425221 | bibcode=2015A&A...575A..35B |arxiv = 1412.3648 }}</ref> [[Alpha Microscopii]] is also an ageing yellow giant star of spectral type G7III with an apparent magnitude of 4.90.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Alpha+Microscopii&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id |title = Alpha MicroscopiI |publisher = SIMBAD |accessdate = 15 July 2012}}</ref> Located 400 ± 30 light-years away from Earth,<ref name=Gaia-DR2alpha>{{cite DR2|6780006508937236096}}</ref> it has swollen to 17.5&nbsp;times the diameter of the Sun.<ref name=kaleralfa>{{cite web| url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alphamic.html|title=Alpha Mic |work=Stars |author= Kaler, James B. |accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> Alpha has a 10th magnitude companion, visible in 7.5&nbsp;cm telescopes,<ref>{{cite book |author1=Malin, David |author2=Frew , David J. | title = Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes, with an Addendum for Northern Observatories: A Handbook for Amateur Observers | publisher = Cambridge University Press |year=1995 |location= Cambridge |page=287 | url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EQAYGmZT0o8C&pg=PA287 |isbn=978-0-521-55491-6}}</ref><ref name=ridpath07>{{cite book|author=Ridpath, Ian |author2=Tirion, Wil |date=2007 |title=Stars and Planets Guide|publisher= Princeton University Press|location= Princeton, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-691-13556-4|pages=184–185}}</ref> though this is a coincidental closeness rather than a true binary system.<ref name=kaleralfa/> [[Epsilon Microscopii]] lies 166 ± 5 light-years away,<ref name=Gaia-DR2eps>{{cite DR2|6784024126773616128}}</ref> and is a white star of apparent magnitude 4.7,<ref name=ridpath07/> and spectral type A1V.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Epsilon+Microscopii&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id |title = Epsilon Microscopii |publisher = SIMBAD |accessdate = 15 July 2012}}</ref> [[Theta1 Microscopii|Theta<sup>1</sup>]] and [[Theta2 Microscopii|Theta<sup>2</sup> Microscopii]] make up a wide double whose components are splittable to the naked eye. Both are white A-class [[Alpha² Canum Venaticorum variable|magnetic spectrum variable stars]] with strong metallic lines, similar to [[Cor Caroli]]. They mark the constellation's specimen slide.<ref name="motz"/> Many notable objects are too faint to be seen with the naked eye. AX Microscopii, better known as [[Lacaille 8760]], is a [[red dwarf]] which lies only 12.9&nbsp;light-years from the [[Solar System]]. At magnitude 6.68, it is the brightest red dwarf in the sky.<ref name=st200307>{{cite magazine | first1=Ken | last1=Croswell |date=July 2002 | page=32 | title=The Brightest Red Dwarf | magazine=Sky & Telescope | url=http://www.kencroswell.com/thebrightestreddwarf.html | accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref> [[BO Microscopii]] is a rapidly rotating star that has 80% the diameter of the Sun. Nicknamed "Speedy Mic", it has a rotation period of 9&nbsp;hours 7&nbsp;minutes.<ref name=mnras365_2_530>{{cite journal | last1=Dunstone | first1=N.J. | last2=Barnes | first2=J.R. | last3=Collier Cameron | first3=A. | last4=Jardine | first4=M. | title=The coronal structure of Speedy Mic – I. A densely packed prominence system beyond corotation | journal=[[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] | volume=365 | issue=2 | pages=530–538 |date=2006 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09729.x | bibcode=2006MNRAS.365..530D |arxiv = astro-ph/0510739 }}</ref> An active star, it has prominent [[solar flare|stellar flares]] that average 100&nbsp;times stronger than those of the Sun, and are emitting energy mainly in the X-ray and ultraviolet bands of the spectrum.<ref name=aaa478_1_L11>{{cite journal | last1=Wolter | first1=U. | last2=Robrade | first2=J. | last3=Schmitt | first3=J.H.M.M. | last4=Ness | first4=J.U. | title=Doppler imaging an X-ray flare on the ultrafast rotator BO Mic. A contemporaneous multiwavelength study using XMM-Newton and VLT | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=478 | issue=1 | pages=L11–L14 |date=2008 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078838 | bibcode=2008A&A...478L..11W |arxiv = 0712.0899 }}</ref> It lies 218 ± 4 light-years away from the Sun.<ref name=Gaia-DR2bo>{{cite DR2|6778413151435607680}}</ref> [[AT Microscopii]] is a binary star system, both members of which are flare star red dwarfs. The system lies close to and may form a very wide triple system with [[AU Microscopii]],<ref name="Caballero2009">{{cite journal| last1 = Caballero | first1 = J.A. |date=November 2009 | title = Reaching the boundary between stellar kinematic groups and very wide binaries. The Washington double stars with the widest angular separations | journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume = 507 | issue = 1 | pages = 251–259 | bibcode = 2009A&A...507..251C | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/200912596 | arxiv = 0908.2761}}</ref> a young star which appears to be a [[planetary system]] in the making with a [[debris disk]]. The three stars are candidate members of the [[Beta Pictoris moving group]], one of the nearest [[Stellar kinematics|associations of stars]] that share a common motion through space.<ref name="McCarthyWhite2012">{{cite journal | last1 = McCarthy | first1 = Kyle | last2 = White | first2 = Russel J. |date=2012 | title = The Sizes of the Nearest Young Stars | journal = [[The Astronomical Journal]] | volume = 143 | issue = 6 | pages = 134–168 | bibcode = 2012AJ....143..134M | doi = 10.1088/0004-6256/143/6/134 | arxiv = 1201.6600}}</ref> The [[Astronomical Society of Southern Africa]] in 2003 reported that observations of four of the [[Mira variable]]s in Microscopium were very urgently needed as data on their light curves was incomplete.<ref name=cooper>{{cite journal|last=Cooper|first=Tim|date=2003|title=Presidential address: Amateur Observations – Successes and Opportunities|journal=Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa|volume=62|pages=234–240|bibcode=2003MNSSA..62..234C}}</ref> Two of them—[[R Microscopii|R]] and [[S Microscopii]]—are challenging stars for novice amateur astronomers,<ref>{{cite book |last=Levy |first=David H. |title=Observing Variable Stars: A Guide for the Beginner |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |date=1998 |pages=172 |isbn=978-0-521-62755-9 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5-O2cd937FMC&pg=PA172}}</ref> and the other two, [[U Microscopii|U]] and [[RY Microscopii]], are more difficult still.<ref name=cooper/> Another red giant, [[T Microscopii]], is a [[Semiregular variable star|semiregular variable]] that ranges between magnitudes 7.7 and 9.6 over 344 days.<ref>{{cite book |authors=Arnold, H.J.P; Doherty, Paul; Moore, Patrick |title=The Photographic Atlas of the Stars |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton, Florida |date=1999 |page=53 |isbn=978-0-7503-0654-6 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YjcvJUfnWBAC&pg=PA148}}</ref> Of apparent magnitude 11, [[DD Microscopii]] is a [[symbiotic star]] system composed of an orange giant of spectral type K2III and [[white dwarf]] in close orbit, with the smaller star ionizing the stellar wind of the larger star. The system has a low [[metallicity]]. Combined with its high galactic latitude, this indicates that the star system has its origin in the [[galactic halo]] of the [[Milky Way]].<ref name=pereira2009>{{cite journal |title=High-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Four Yellow-Type Symbiotic Stars: CD-43°14304, Hen 3-1213, Hen 3-863, and StHα 176 |authors=Pereira, C.B.; Roig, F. |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=137 |issue=1 |pages=118–128 |year=2009 |doi=10.1088/0004-6256/137/1/118 |bibcode=2009AJ....137..118P}}</ref> [[HD 205739]] is a yellow-white main sequence star of spectral type F7V that is around 1.22&nbsp;times as massive and 2.3&nbsp;times as luminous as the Sun. It has a Jupiter-sized planet with an orbital period of 280&nbsp;days that was discovered by the [[methods of detecting extrasolar planets#Radial velocity|radial velocity]] method.<ref name="LopezMorales2008">{{cite journal | title=Two Jupiter-Mass Planets Orbiting HD 154672 and HD 205739 | url=http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/136/5/1901/fulltext/ | last1=López-Morales | first1=Mercedes | last2=Butler | first2=R. Paul | last3=Fischer | first3=Debra A. | last4=Minniti | first4=Dante | last5=Shectman | first5=Stephen A. | last6=Takeda | first6=Genya | last7=Adams | first7=Fred C. | last8=Wright | first8=Jason T. | last9=Arriagada | first9=Pamela | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=136 | issue=5 | pages=1901–1905 | date=2008 | arxiv=0809.1037 | bibcode=2008AJ....136.1901L | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/136/5/1901 }}</ref> [[WASP-7]] is a star of spectral type F5V with an apparent magnitude of 9.54, about 1.28&nbsp;times as massive as the Sun. Its [[hot Jupiter]] planet—[[WASP-7b]]—was discovered by [[Methods of detecting extrasolar planets#Transit method|transit method]] and found to orbit the star every 4.95&nbsp;days.<ref name="disc">{{ cite journal| title=Wasp-7: A Bright Transiting-Exoplanet System in the Southern Hemisphere| last1=Hellier|first1=Coel| date= 2008 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters| volume=690| issue=1| pages=L89–L91| doi=10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/L89| last2=Anderson| first2=D.R.| last3=Gillon| first3=M.| last4=Lister| first4=T.A.| last5=Maxted| first5=P.F.L.| last6=Queloz| first6=D.| last7=Smalley| first7=B.| last8=Triaud| first8=A.H.M.J.| last9=West| first9=R.G. | last10=Wilson| first10=D.M.| last11=Alsubai| first11=K.| last12=Bentley| first12=S.J.| last13=Cameron| first13=A. Collier| last14=Hebb| first14=L.| last15=Horne| first15=K.| last16=Irwin| first16=J.| last17=Kane| first17=S.R.| last18=Mayor| first18=M.| last19=Pepe| first19=F.| last20=Pollacco| first20=D.| last21=Skillen| first21=I.| last22=Udry| first22=S.| last23=Wheatley| first23=P.J.| last24=Christian| first24=D.J.| last25=Enoch| first25=R.| last26=Haswell| first26=C.A.| last27=Joshi| first27=Y.C.| last28=Norton| first28=A.J.| last29=Parley| first29=N.| last30=Ryans| first30=R.| bibcode=2009ApJ...690L..89H|arxiv = 0805.2600 }}</ref> [[HD 202628]] is a sunlike star of spectral type G2V with a debris disk that ranges from 158 to 220 AU distant. Its inner edge is sharply defined, indicating a probable planet orbiting between 86 and 158&nbsp;AU from the star.<ref name=nesvold>{{cite journal|author1=Nesvold, Erika R. |author2=Kuchner, Marc J. |date=2015|title=Gap Clearing by Planets in a Collisional Debris Disk|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=798|issue=2 |id=83|page=10|doi= 10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/83 |bibcode=2015ApJ...798...83N|arxiv = 1410.7784 }}</ref> ===Deep sky objects=== Describing Microscopium as "totally unremarkable", astronomer [[Patrick Moore]] concluded there was nothing of interest for amateur observers.<ref name="binocs">{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Moore |title=Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |date=2000 |page=110 |isbn=978-0-521-79390-2 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jvbtl2Vyxm4C&pg=PA210}}</ref> [[NGC 6925]] is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] of apparent magnitude 11.3 which is lens-shaped, as it lies almost edge-on to observers on Earth, 3.7 degrees west-northwest of Alpha Microscopii.<ref name=bakich2010>{{cite book |first=Michael E. |last=Bakich |date=2010 |page=289 |title=1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die: The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers |series=Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4419-1776-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEhpS7d5ZdAC&pg=PA289}}</ref> [[SN 2011ei]], a [[Supernova#Type II|Type II Supernova]] in NGC 6925, was discovered by Stu Parker in [[New Zealand]] in July 2011.<ref name=Rochester>{{cite web |title=Supernova 2011ei in NGC 6925 |url=http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011ei.html |website=Rochester Astronomy |accessdate=20 June 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ZQD70uDg?url=http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011ei.html |archivedate=20 June 2015 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> [[NGC 6923]] lies nearby and is a magnitude fainter still.<ref name="cambridge">{{cite book |author=Moore, Patrick |author2=Tirion, Wil |title=Cambridge Guide to Stars and Planets |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |date=1997 |page=210 |isbn=978-0-521-58582-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mo6R5OPtlfwC&pg=PA210}}</ref> The [[Microscopium Void]] is a roughly rectangular region of relatively empty space, bounded by incomplete sheets of galaxies from other voids.<ref name=AA-229-1>{{cite journal |authors=Maurellis, A.; Fairall, A.P.; Matravers, D.R.; Ellis, G.F.R. |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=229 |issue=1 |year=1990 |pages=75–79 |title=A two-dimensional sheet of galaxies between two southern voids |issn=0004-6361 |bibcode=1990A&A...229...75M}}</ref> The [[Microscopium Supercluster]] is an overdensity of galaxy clusters that was first noticed in the early 1990s. The component Abell clusters [[Abell 3695|3695]] and [[Abell 3696|3696]] are likely to be gravitationally bound, while the relations of Abell clusters [[Abell 3693|3693]] and [[Abell 3705|3705]] in the same field are unclear.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pearson |first=David W. |author2=Batuski, David J. |date=2013 |title=Locating bound structure in an accelerating universe |journal=[[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] |volume=000 |issue=1 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stt1614|arxiv = 1308.5154 |bibcode = 2013MNRAS.436..796P }}</ref><!-- cites previous 2 refs --> ===Meteor showers=== [[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium.jpg|thumb|Seen in the 1824 star chart set ''[[Urania's Mirror]]'' (in the lower left)]] The [[Microscopids]] are a minor [[meteor shower]] that appear from June to mid-July.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Molau, Sirko; Kac, Javor; Berko, Erno; Crivello, Stefano; Stomeo, Enrico; Igaz, Antal; Barentsen, Geert |title=Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network |date= July 2012 |journal=WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=181–186 |bibcode=2012JIMO...40..181M }}</ref> ==History== The stars that comprise Microscopium are in a region previously considered the hind feet of Sagittarius, a neighbouring constellation.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rubie, G. |year=1830 |title=The British Celestial Atlas |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=KDEAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=The+British+Celestial+Atlas+Rubie#v=onepage&q=The%20British%20Celestial%20Atlas%20Rubie&f=false |publisher=Baldwin & Cradock |location=London, United Kingdom}}</ref> [[John Ellard Gore]] wrote that [[al-Sufi]] seems to have reported that [[Ptolemy]] had seen the stars but he (Al Sufi) did not pinpoint their positions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Gore, John Ellard |authorlink=John Ellard Gore |title= Astronomical Curiosities: Facts and Fallacies |url=https://books.google.com/?id=p85jRCneOXEC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Astronomical+Curiosities:Facts+and+Fallacies+gore#v=onepage&q=microscopium&f=false |year=1909 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-2442-3}}</ref> Microscopium itself was introduced in 1751–52 by Lacaille with the French name ''le Microscope'',<ref name=ridpathlac>{{cite web |url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/lacaille.htm |title=Lacaille's Southern Planisphere of 1756 |work=Star Tales |author=[[Ian Ridpath|Ridpath, Ian]] |publisher=Self-published |accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Lacaille, Nicolas Louis |year=1756 |title=Relation abrégée du Voyage fait par ordre du Roi au cap de Bonne-espérance |journal=Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences |pages=519–592 [589] |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k35505/f787 |language=French}}</ref> after he had observed and catalogued 10,000 southern stars during a two-year stay at the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. He devised fourteen new constellations in uncharted regions of the [[Southern Celestial Hemisphere]] not visible from Europe. All but one honoured instruments that symbolised the [[Age of Enlightenment]].{{sfn|Wagman|2003|pp=6–7}} Commemorating the [[Optical microscope#compound microscope|compound microscope]],<ref name=ridpathmic>{{cite web |url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/microscopium.htm |title=Microscopium the Microscope |work=Star Tales |author=[[Ian Ridpath|Ridpath, Ian]] |publisher=Self-published |accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> the Microscope's name had been Latinised by Lacaille to ''Microscopium'' by 1763.<ref name=ridpathlac/> ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}} ===Cited texts=== {{Commons|Microscopium}} * {{cite book | last = Wagman | first = Morton | year = 2003 | title = Lost Stars: Lost, Missing and Troublesome Stars from the Catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nicholas Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and Sundry Others | publisher = The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company | location = Blacksburg, Virginia | isbn = 978-0-939923-78-6 | ref = harv }} {{Clear}} {{Stars of Microscopium}} {{navconstel}} {{ConstellationsByLacaille}} {{Sky|21|00|00|-|36|00|00|10}} [[Category:Microscopium| ]] [[Category:Southern constellations]] [[Category:Constellations listed by Lacaille]]'
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'Lilih ==Features== [[Image:Constellation Microscopium.jpg|thumb|left|The constellation Microscopium as it can be seen by the naked eye.]] ===Stars=== {{see also|List of stars in Microscopium}} French astronomer [[Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille]] charted and designated ten stars with the [[Bayer designation]]s [[Alpha Microscopii|Alpha]] through to [[Iota Microscopii|Iota]] in 1756. A star in neighbouring Indus that Lacaille had labelled Nu Indi turned out to be in Microscopium, so Gould renamed it [[Nu Microscopii]]. [[Francis Baily]] considered Gamma and Epsilon Microscopii to belong to the neighbouring constellation Piscis Austrinus, but subsequent cartographers did not follow this.{{sfn|Wagman|2003|pp=181, 210}} In his 1725 ''Catalogus Britannicus'', John Flamsteed labelled the stars 1, 2, 3 and 4 Piscis Austrini, which became Gamma Microscopii, [[2 Piscis Austrini|HR 8076]], [[3 Piscis Austrini|HR 8110]] and Epsilon Microscopii respectively.{{sfn|Wagman|2003|p=458}}<!-- cites previous 4 sentences --> Within the constellation's borders, there are 43 stars brighter than or equal to [[apparent magnitude]]&nbsp;6.5.{{efn|1=Objects of magnitude 6.5 are among the faintest visible to the unaided eye in suburban-rural transition night skies.<ref name=bortle>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyandtelescope.com/resources/darksky/3304011.html?page=1&c=y|title=The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale|last=Bortle|first=John E.|date=February 2001|work=[[Sky & Telescope]]|publisher=Sky Publishing Corporation|accessdate=29 November 2014}}</ref>}}<ref name=tirionconst/> Depicting the eyepiece of the microscope is [[Gamma Microscopii]],<ref name="motz">{{cite book|last=Motz|first=Lloyd|author2=Nathanson, Carol|title=The Constellations: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Night Sky|publisher=Aurum Press|location=London|date=1991|pages=369–370|isbn=978-1-85410-088-7}}</ref> which—at magnitude of&nbsp;4.68—is the brightest star in the constellation. Having spent much of its 620-million-year lifespan as a blue-white [[main sequence]] star, it has swollen and cooled to become a yellow [[giant star|giant]] of [[Stellar classification#Spectral types|spectral type]] G6III, with a diameter ten times that of the Sun.<ref name=kalergamma>{{cite web| url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/gammamic.html |title=Gamma Mic |work=Stars |author= Kaler, James B. |accessdate=13 July 2012}}</ref> Measurement of its parallax yields a distance of 223 ± 8 light years from Earth.<ref name=Gaia-DR2gamma>{{cite DR2|6781898461559620480}}</ref> At around 2.5 times the mass of the Sun, it likely passed within 1.14 and 3.45 light-years of the Sun some 3.9 million years ago, possibly massive enough and close enough to disturb the [[Oort cloud]].<ref name=aa575_A35>{{cite journal | last1=Bailer-Jones | first1=C.A.L. | title=Close encounters of the stellar kind | journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics | volume=575 | id=A35 | pages=13 | date=2015 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201425221 | bibcode=2015A&A...575A..35B |arxiv = 1412.3648 }}</ref> [[Alpha Microscopii]] is also an ageing yellow giant star of spectral type G7III with an apparent magnitude of 4.90.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Alpha+Microscopii&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id |title = Alpha MicroscopiI |publisher = SIMBAD |accessdate = 15 July 2012}}</ref> Located 400 ± 30 light-years away from Earth,<ref name=Gaia-DR2alpha>{{cite DR2|6780006508937236096}}</ref> it has swollen to 17.5&nbsp;times the diameter of the Sun.<ref name=kaleralfa>{{cite web| url=http://stars.astro.illinois.edu/sow/alphamic.html|title=Alpha Mic |work=Stars |author= Kaler, James B. |accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> Alpha has a 10th magnitude companion, visible in 7.5&nbsp;cm telescopes,<ref>{{cite book |author1=Malin, David |author2=Frew , David J. | title = Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes, with an Addendum for Northern Observatories: A Handbook for Amateur Observers | publisher = Cambridge University Press |year=1995 |location= Cambridge |page=287 | url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EQAYGmZT0o8C&pg=PA287 |isbn=978-0-521-55491-6}}</ref><ref name=ridpath07>{{cite book|author=Ridpath, Ian |author2=Tirion, Wil |date=2007 |title=Stars and Planets Guide|publisher= Princeton University Press|location= Princeton, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-691-13556-4|pages=184–185}}</ref> though this is a coincidental closeness rather than a true binary system.<ref name=kaleralfa/> [[Epsilon Microscopii]] lies 166 ± 5 light-years away,<ref name=Gaia-DR2eps>{{cite DR2|6784024126773616128}}</ref> and is a white star of apparent magnitude 4.7,<ref name=ridpath07/> and spectral type A1V.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Epsilon+Microscopii&NbIdent=1&Radius=2&Radius.unit=arcmin&submit=submit+id |title = Epsilon Microscopii |publisher = SIMBAD |accessdate = 15 July 2012}}</ref> [[Theta1 Microscopii|Theta<sup>1</sup>]] and [[Theta2 Microscopii|Theta<sup>2</sup> Microscopii]] make up a wide double whose components are splittable to the naked eye. Both are white A-class [[Alpha² Canum Venaticorum variable|magnetic spectrum variable stars]] with strong metallic lines, similar to [[Cor Caroli]]. They mark the constellation's specimen slide.<ref name="motz"/> Many notable objects are too faint to be seen with the naked eye. AX Microscopii, better known as [[Lacaille 8760]], is a [[red dwarf]] which lies only 12.9&nbsp;light-years from the [[Solar System]]. At magnitude 6.68, it is the brightest red dwarf in the sky.<ref name=st200307>{{cite magazine | first1=Ken | last1=Croswell |date=July 2002 | page=32 | title=The Brightest Red Dwarf | magazine=Sky & Telescope | url=http://www.kencroswell.com/thebrightestreddwarf.html | accessdate=15 July 2012}}</ref> [[BO Microscopii]] is a rapidly rotating star that has 80% the diameter of the Sun. Nicknamed "Speedy Mic", it has a rotation period of 9&nbsp;hours 7&nbsp;minutes.<ref name=mnras365_2_530>{{cite journal | last1=Dunstone | first1=N.J. | last2=Barnes | first2=J.R. | last3=Collier Cameron | first3=A. | last4=Jardine | first4=M. | title=The coronal structure of Speedy Mic – I. A densely packed prominence system beyond corotation | journal=[[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] | volume=365 | issue=2 | pages=530–538 |date=2006 | doi=10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09729.x | bibcode=2006MNRAS.365..530D |arxiv = astro-ph/0510739 }}</ref> An active star, it has prominent [[solar flare|stellar flares]] that average 100&nbsp;times stronger than those of the Sun, and are emitting energy mainly in the X-ray and ultraviolet bands of the spectrum.<ref name=aaa478_1_L11>{{cite journal | last1=Wolter | first1=U. | last2=Robrade | first2=J. | last3=Schmitt | first3=J.H.M.M. | last4=Ness | first4=J.U. | title=Doppler imaging an X-ray flare on the ultrafast rotator BO Mic. A contemporaneous multiwavelength study using XMM-Newton and VLT | journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume=478 | issue=1 | pages=L11–L14 |date=2008 | doi=10.1051/0004-6361:20078838 | bibcode=2008A&A...478L..11W |arxiv = 0712.0899 }}</ref> It lies 218 ± 4 light-years away from the Sun.<ref name=Gaia-DR2bo>{{cite DR2|6778413151435607680}}</ref> [[AT Microscopii]] is a binary star system, both members of which are flare star red dwarfs. The system lies close to and may form a very wide triple system with [[AU Microscopii]],<ref name="Caballero2009">{{cite journal| last1 = Caballero | first1 = J.A. |date=November 2009 | title = Reaching the boundary between stellar kinematic groups and very wide binaries. The Washington double stars with the widest angular separations | journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics | volume = 507 | issue = 1 | pages = 251–259 | bibcode = 2009A&A...507..251C | doi = 10.1051/0004-6361/200912596 | arxiv = 0908.2761}}</ref> a young star which appears to be a [[planetary system]] in the making with a [[debris disk]]. The three stars are candidate members of the [[Beta Pictoris moving group]], one of the nearest [[Stellar kinematics|associations of stars]] that share a common motion through space.<ref name="McCarthyWhite2012">{{cite journal | last1 = McCarthy | first1 = Kyle | last2 = White | first2 = Russel J. |date=2012 | title = The Sizes of the Nearest Young Stars | journal = [[The Astronomical Journal]] | volume = 143 | issue = 6 | pages = 134–168 | bibcode = 2012AJ....143..134M | doi = 10.1088/0004-6256/143/6/134 | arxiv = 1201.6600}}</ref> The [[Astronomical Society of Southern Africa]] in 2003 reported that observations of four of the [[Mira variable]]s in Microscopium were very urgently needed as data on their light curves was incomplete.<ref name=cooper>{{cite journal|last=Cooper|first=Tim|date=2003|title=Presidential address: Amateur Observations – Successes and Opportunities|journal=Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa|volume=62|pages=234–240|bibcode=2003MNSSA..62..234C}}</ref> Two of them—[[R Microscopii|R]] and [[S Microscopii]]—are challenging stars for novice amateur astronomers,<ref>{{cite book |last=Levy |first=David H. |title=Observing Variable Stars: A Guide for the Beginner |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |date=1998 |pages=172 |isbn=978-0-521-62755-9 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=5-O2cd937FMC&pg=PA172}}</ref> and the other two, [[U Microscopii|U]] and [[RY Microscopii]], are more difficult still.<ref name=cooper/> Another red giant, [[T Microscopii]], is a [[Semiregular variable star|semiregular variable]] that ranges between magnitudes 7.7 and 9.6 over 344 days.<ref>{{cite book |authors=Arnold, H.J.P; Doherty, Paul; Moore, Patrick |title=The Photographic Atlas of the Stars |publisher=CRC Press |location=Boca Raton, Florida |date=1999 |page=53 |isbn=978-0-7503-0654-6 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YjcvJUfnWBAC&pg=PA148}}</ref> Of apparent magnitude 11, [[DD Microscopii]] is a [[symbiotic star]] system composed of an orange giant of spectral type K2III and [[white dwarf]] in close orbit, with the smaller star ionizing the stellar wind of the larger star. The system has a low [[metallicity]]. Combined with its high galactic latitude, this indicates that the star system has its origin in the [[galactic halo]] of the [[Milky Way]].<ref name=pereira2009>{{cite journal |title=High-Resolution Spectroscopic Observations of Four Yellow-Type Symbiotic Stars: CD-43°14304, Hen 3-1213, Hen 3-863, and StHα 176 |authors=Pereira, C.B.; Roig, F. |journal=The Astronomical Journal |volume=137 |issue=1 |pages=118–128 |year=2009 |doi=10.1088/0004-6256/137/1/118 |bibcode=2009AJ....137..118P}}</ref> [[HD 205739]] is a yellow-white main sequence star of spectral type F7V that is around 1.22&nbsp;times as massive and 2.3&nbsp;times as luminous as the Sun. It has a Jupiter-sized planet with an orbital period of 280&nbsp;days that was discovered by the [[methods of detecting extrasolar planets#Radial velocity|radial velocity]] method.<ref name="LopezMorales2008">{{cite journal | title=Two Jupiter-Mass Planets Orbiting HD 154672 and HD 205739 | url=http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/136/5/1901/fulltext/ | last1=López-Morales | first1=Mercedes | last2=Butler | first2=R. Paul | last3=Fischer | first3=Debra A. | last4=Minniti | first4=Dante | last5=Shectman | first5=Stephen A. | last6=Takeda | first6=Genya | last7=Adams | first7=Fred C. | last8=Wright | first8=Jason T. | last9=Arriagada | first9=Pamela | journal=The Astronomical Journal | volume=136 | issue=5 | pages=1901–1905 | date=2008 | arxiv=0809.1037 | bibcode=2008AJ....136.1901L | doi=10.1088/0004-6256/136/5/1901 }}</ref> [[WASP-7]] is a star of spectral type F5V with an apparent magnitude of 9.54, about 1.28&nbsp;times as massive as the Sun. Its [[hot Jupiter]] planet—[[WASP-7b]]—was discovered by [[Methods of detecting extrasolar planets#Transit method|transit method]] and found to orbit the star every 4.95&nbsp;days.<ref name="disc">{{ cite journal| title=Wasp-7: A Bright Transiting-Exoplanet System in the Southern Hemisphere| last1=Hellier|first1=Coel| date= 2008 | journal=The Astrophysical Journal Letters| volume=690| issue=1| pages=L89–L91| doi=10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/L89| last2=Anderson| first2=D.R.| last3=Gillon| first3=M.| last4=Lister| first4=T.A.| last5=Maxted| first5=P.F.L.| last6=Queloz| first6=D.| last7=Smalley| first7=B.| last8=Triaud| first8=A.H.M.J.| last9=West| first9=R.G. | last10=Wilson| first10=D.M.| last11=Alsubai| first11=K.| last12=Bentley| first12=S.J.| last13=Cameron| first13=A. Collier| last14=Hebb| first14=L.| last15=Horne| first15=K.| last16=Irwin| first16=J.| last17=Kane| first17=S.R.| last18=Mayor| first18=M.| last19=Pepe| first19=F.| last20=Pollacco| first20=D.| last21=Skillen| first21=I.| last22=Udry| first22=S.| last23=Wheatley| first23=P.J.| last24=Christian| first24=D.J.| last25=Enoch| first25=R.| last26=Haswell| first26=C.A.| last27=Joshi| first27=Y.C.| last28=Norton| first28=A.J.| last29=Parley| first29=N.| last30=Ryans| first30=R.| bibcode=2009ApJ...690L..89H|arxiv = 0805.2600 }}</ref> [[HD 202628]] is a sunlike star of spectral type G2V with a debris disk that ranges from 158 to 220 AU distant. Its inner edge is sharply defined, indicating a probable planet orbiting between 86 and 158&nbsp;AU from the star.<ref name=nesvold>{{cite journal|author1=Nesvold, Erika R. |author2=Kuchner, Marc J. |date=2015|title=Gap Clearing by Planets in a Collisional Debris Disk|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=798|issue=2 |id=83|page=10|doi= 10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/83 |bibcode=2015ApJ...798...83N|arxiv = 1410.7784 }}</ref> ===Deep sky objects=== Describing Microscopium as "totally unremarkable", astronomer [[Patrick Moore]] concluded there was nothing of interest for amateur observers.<ref name="binocs">{{cite book |last=Moore |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Moore |title=Exploring the Night Sky with Binoculars |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |date=2000 |page=110 |isbn=978-0-521-79390-2 |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Jvbtl2Vyxm4C&pg=PA210}}</ref> [[NGC 6925]] is a [[barred spiral galaxy]] of apparent magnitude 11.3 which is lens-shaped, as it lies almost edge-on to observers on Earth, 3.7 degrees west-northwest of Alpha Microscopii.<ref name=bakich2010>{{cite book |first=Michael E. |last=Bakich |date=2010 |page=289 |title=1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die: The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers |series=Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-4419-1776-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEhpS7d5ZdAC&pg=PA289}}</ref> [[SN 2011ei]], a [[Supernova#Type II|Type II Supernova]] in NGC 6925, was discovered by Stu Parker in [[New Zealand]] in July 2011.<ref name=Rochester>{{cite web |title=Supernova 2011ei in NGC 6925 |url=http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011ei.html |website=Rochester Astronomy |accessdate=20 June 2015 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6ZQD70uDg?url=http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011ei.html |archivedate=20 June 2015 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> [[NGC 6923]] lies nearby and is a magnitude fainter still.<ref name="cambridge">{{cite book |author=Moore, Patrick |author2=Tirion, Wil |title=Cambridge Guide to Stars and Planets |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |date=1997 |page=210 |isbn=978-0-521-58582-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mo6R5OPtlfwC&pg=PA210}}</ref> The [[Microscopium Void]] is a roughly rectangular region of relatively empty space, bounded by incomplete sheets of galaxies from other voids.<ref name=AA-229-1>{{cite journal |authors=Maurellis, A.; Fairall, A.P.; Matravers, D.R.; Ellis, G.F.R. |journal=Astronomy and Astrophysics |volume=229 |issue=1 |year=1990 |pages=75–79 |title=A two-dimensional sheet of galaxies between two southern voids |issn=0004-6361 |bibcode=1990A&A...229...75M}}</ref> The [[Microscopium Supercluster]] is an overdensity of galaxy clusters that was first noticed in the early 1990s. The component Abell clusters [[Abell 3695|3695]] and [[Abell 3696|3696]] are likely to be gravitationally bound, while the relations of Abell clusters [[Abell 3693|3693]] and [[Abell 3705|3705]] in the same field are unclear.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Pearson |first=David W. |author2=Batuski, David J. |date=2013 |title=Locating bound structure in an accelerating universe |journal=[[Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society]] |volume=000 |issue=1 |pages=1–12 |doi=10.1093/mnras/stt1614|arxiv = 1308.5154 |bibcode = 2013MNRAS.436..796P }}</ref><!-- cites previous 2 refs --> ===Meteor showers=== [[File:Sidney Hall - Urania's Mirror - Sagittarius and Corona Australis, Microscopium, and Telescopium.jpg|thumb|Seen in the 1824 star chart set ''[[Urania's Mirror]]'' (in the lower left)]] The [[Microscopids]] are a minor [[meteor shower]] that appear from June to mid-July.<ref>{{cite journal |authors=Molau, Sirko; Kac, Javor; Berko, Erno; Crivello, Stefano; Stomeo, Enrico; Igaz, Antal; Barentsen, Geert |title=Results of the IMO Video Meteor Network |date= July 2012 |journal=WGN, Journal of the International Meteor Organization |volume=40 |issue=5 |pages=181–186 |bibcode=2012JIMO...40..181M }}</ref> ==History== The stars that comprise Microscopium are in a region previously considered the hind feet of Sagittarius, a neighbouring constellation.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rubie, G. |year=1830 |title=The British Celestial Atlas |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=KDEAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1&lpg=PR1&dq=The+British+Celestial+Atlas+Rubie#v=onepage&q=The%20British%20Celestial%20Atlas%20Rubie&f=false |publisher=Baldwin & Cradock |location=London, United Kingdom}}</ref> [[John Ellard Gore]] wrote that [[al-Sufi]] seems to have reported that [[Ptolemy]] had seen the stars but he (Al Sufi) did not pinpoint their positions.<ref>{{cite book |author=Gore, John Ellard |authorlink=John Ellard Gore |title= Astronomical Curiosities: Facts and Fallacies |url=https://books.google.com/?id=p85jRCneOXEC&pg=PT1&lpg=PT1&dq=Astronomical+Curiosities:Facts+and+Fallacies+gore#v=onepage&q=microscopium&f=false |year=1909 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn=978-1-4655-2442-3}}</ref> Microscopium itself was introduced in 1751–52 by Lacaille with the French name ''le Microscope'',<ref name=ridpathlac>{{cite web |url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/lacaille.htm |title=Lacaille's Southern Planisphere of 1756 |work=Star Tales |author=[[Ian Ridpath|Ridpath, Ian]] |publisher=Self-published |accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Lacaille, Nicolas Louis |year=1756 |title=Relation abrégée du Voyage fait par ordre du Roi au cap de Bonne-espérance |journal=Mémoires de l'Académie Royale des Sciences |pages=519–592 [589] |url=http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k35505/f787 |language=French}}</ref> after he had observed and catalogued 10,000 southern stars during a two-year stay at the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. He devised fourteen new constellations in uncharted regions of the [[Southern Celestial Hemisphere]] not visible from Europe. All but one honoured instruments that symbolised the [[Age of Enlightenment]].{{sfn|Wagman|2003|pp=6–7}} Commemorating the [[Optical microscope#compound microscope|compound microscope]],<ref name=ridpathmic>{{cite web |url=http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/microscopium.htm |title=Microscopium the Microscope |work=Star Tales |author=[[Ian Ridpath|Ridpath, Ian]] |publisher=Self-published |accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> the Microscope's name had been Latinised by Lacaille to ''Microscopium'' by 1763.<ref name=ridpathlac/> ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== ===Citations=== {{reflist}} ===Cited texts=== {{Commons|Microscopium}} * {{cite book | last = Wagman | first = Morton | year = 2003 | title = Lost Stars: Lost, Missing and Troublesome Stars from the Catalogues of Johannes Bayer, Nicholas Louis de Lacaille, John Flamsteed, and Sundry Others | publisher = The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company | location = Blacksburg, Virginia | isbn = 978-0-939923-78-6 | ref = harv }} {{Clear}} {{Stars of Microscopium}} {{navconstel}} {{ConstellationsByLacaille}} {{Sky|21|00|00|-|36|00|00|10}} [[Category:Microscopium| ]] [[Category:Southern constellations]] [[Category:Constellations listed by Lacaille]]'
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'@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@ -==Characteristics== -Microscopium is a small constellation bordered by [[Capricornus]] to the north, [[Piscis Austrinus]] and [[Grus (constellation)|Grus]] to the west, [[Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]] to the east, and [[Indus (constellation)|Indus]] to the south, touching on [[Telescopium]] to the southeast. The recommended three-letter abbreviation for the constellation, as adopted by the [[International Astronomical Union]] in 1922, is 'Mic'.<ref name=pa30_469>{{cite magazine | last=Russell | first=Henry Norris |author-link=Henry Norris Russell | title=The new international symbols for the constellations | magazine=[[Popular Astronomy (US magazine)|Popular Astronomy]] | volume=30 | page=469 | bibcode=1922PA.....30..469R | date=1922 }}</ref> The official constellation boundaries, as set by [[Eugène Joseph Delporte|Eugène Delporte]] in 1930, are defined by a polygon of four segments (''illustrated in infobox''). In the [[equatorial coordinate system]], the [[right ascension]] coordinates of these borders lie between {{RA|20|27.3}} and {{RA|21|28.4}}, while the [[declination]] coordinates are between −27.45° and −45.09°.<ref name=boundary>{{Cite journal | title=Microscopium, constellation boundary | journal=The Constellations| publisher=International Astronomical Union | url=http://www.iau.org/public/constellations/#mic | accessdate=13 July 2012 }}</ref> The whole constellation is visible to observers south of latitude [[45th parallel north|45°N]].<ref name=tirionconst>{{cite web| url=http://www.ianridpath.com/constellations2.htm | title=Constellations: Lacerta–Vulpecula | work= Star Tales |author=[[Ian Ridpath]]|publisher=Self-published | accessdate= 29 November 2014}}</ref>{{efn|1=While parts of the constellation technically rise above the horizon to observers between 45°N and [[62nd parallel north|62°N]], stars within a few degrees of the horizon are to all intents and purposes unobservable.<ref name=tirionconst/>}} Given that its brightest stars are of fifth magnitude, the constellation is invisible to the naked eye in areas with [[Light pollution|polluted]] skies.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kambič |first=Bojan |title=Viewing the Constellations with Binoculars |publisher=Springer |date=2009 |page=341 |isbn=978-0-387-85354-3 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=3vxLNPNHOcwC&pg=PA340}}</ref>{{efn|1=Objects of magnitude 5.0 are barely visible to the unaided eye in the night skies of city-suburban transition areas.<ref name=bortle/>}} +Lilih ==Features== '
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