Alpha Microscopii is the lead star (the furthest west) of a handful of fifth-magnitude stars which are supposed to form the figure of a microscope.

The star is south of omicron Capricorni one full field of view: binoculars.

For those with medium-sized telescopes, the star has a tenth-magnitude companion at a position angle of 166º and a separation of 21".

There is little else in this constellation of any interest.