Description
Overview:
The constellation Mensa (pronouced men' suh) is the 75th most volumous constellation in the night sky with
an area of 153 square degrees. The name of this constellation means Table.
Location:
Mensa is located at RA 4 - 7.5 h and Declination -71 ~ -85.5°.
Mensa is best seen between latitudes +18° and -90° in the January.
Mensa is adjacent to the following constellations: Chamaeleon,
Dorado,
Hydrus,
Octans,
Volans.
Stars:
Mensa contains within its borders about 8 visible stars. The principal star of Mensa is Alpha Men. The brightest of Mensa's stars is a Mensae (33.1 ly).
This constellation also contains within its boundries the following notable stars: Alpha Men.
Visual Magnitude:
Mensa is the 19th brightest of the 88 constellations with a visual magnitude of 5.21.
