Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Musca The Fly |
A small southern constellation containing one second magnitude star and three of third magnitude. Its origin is obscure, but it has been attributed to Johann Bayer.
See also: Table 4.
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