Mic star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Lacaille in the 1750s.

Etymology and History

Lacaille on Microscopium 1752

Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

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References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)