MENSA
The Table
(Men)

Generalities: it is a constellation of the southern sky, extremely colorless. Its transit at  midnight takes place in December.

Origins and mythology: it has been so called by Lacaille, with reference to Mons Mensae, the Table Mountain, the Southafrican place where the astronomer moved to fathom the southern sky.

Stars: the Table  doesn't contain any stars of  magnitude inferior to 5. The brightest star has downright magnitude 5.09.

Other objects: interesting objects are not included in it, only a small part of the Great Magellan Cloud is part of its boundaries.


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