Horologium, is the constellation which is towards west of Reticulum constellation. If you move your eyes towards east, you will see another constellation named Dorado. In the North and South of Reticulum, you will find Horologium and Hydrus constellations respectively. Reticulum Andromeda is near South Pole, and so is fully part of Southern Hemisphere.
It covers up 114 square degree area of the sky. Area wise it is 82nd largest constellation in the sky.
We can gaze at this tree shape of Reticulum constellation from July to March, as seen from India.
Constellation Reticulum
All you need is your naked eyes other than clear skies to see 24 stars of this constellations, as they are the one which are brighter than the lower limit of our naked eyes (i.e. 6.5 apparent magnitude) to see faintest stars. The brightest star of this constellation is Alpha reticuli.
Constellations are made up of single, binary (apparent and absolute), multiple and variable stars. Out of total 24 stars of different types, here is the list of 20 brightest stars as per their nature:
As per Hindu mythology, there are no such known stories for this constellation.
Deep Sky Objects…
Topsy Turvy Gaalxy or NGC 1313 || Spiral Galaxy
NGC 1559 || Spiral Galaxy
All the stars that we see naked eyes, all belong to our own, Milky way galaxy (Akash Ganga Tara Vishv). Bright stars can be seen naked eye and faint one through telescope. But the curtain of sky that we see in 2D is actually a huge universe we are talking about, with 3 dimension. There are many nebulous objects visible in every constellations. They differ widely by distances and nature. Like Emission Nebula, Reflecting Nebula, Absorption Nebula, Star Birth Nebula, Supernova Remnants (SNR) and Open Starscluster which are within the disk of our own Milky Way galaxy. Globular cluster are also found, which are in the halo of our galaxy and some most distant objects like galaxies are also visible through telescope. Such objects are defined as “Deep Sky Objects”.
In this constellation there are 42 such different types of Deep Sky Objects observed. Below is the list of 20 brightest Deep Sky Objects:
eyes towards east, you will see another constellation named Dorado. In the North and South of Reticulum, you will find Horologium and Hydrus constellations respectively. Reticulum Andromeda is near South Pole, and so is fully part of Southern Hemisphere.
Topsy Turvy Gaalxy or NGC 1313 || Spiral Galaxy
NGC 1559 || Spiral Galaxy