Mensa is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere near the south celestial pole. Its name is Latin for table, though it originally commemorated Table Mountain and was known as Mons Mensae. Other than the south polar constellation of Octans, it is the most southerly of constellations and is observable only south of the 5th parallel of the Northern Hemisphere.
About Mensa (constellation) in brief
Mensa is a constellation in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere near the south celestial pole. Its name is Latin for table, though it originally commemorated Table Mountain and was known as Mons Mensae. Other than the south polar constellation of Octans, it is the most southerly of constellations and is observable only south of the 5th parallel of the Northern Hemisphere. Mensa is bordered by Dorado to the north, Hydrus to the northwest and west, Octans to the south, Chamaeleon to the east and Volan to the northeast.
Alpha Mensae is the brightest star with a barely visible apparent magnitude of 5. 09, making it the only constellation with no star above magnitude 5. 0. There are 22 stars within the constellation’s borders brighter than or equal to apparent magnitude 6. 5. The Large Magellanic Cloud lies partially within Mensa’s boundaries, although most of it lies in neighbouring Dorado. It is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located at a distance of 163,000-years.
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