IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Corvus
The Crow
OriginAncient
AbbreviationCrv
GenitiveCorvi
Pronunciation/ˈkɔːrvəs/ genitive /ˈkɔːrvaɪ/
COR-vus
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarGienah (γ Crv)
Right Ascention 12h 15m Declination -17° 32'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.352 h (21.1 min)
The mythology of Corvus, “The Crow”, is linked with two other constellations in its vicinity; Crater “The Cup” and Hydra “The Serpent”. Apollo was getting ready to make a sacrifice to Zeus when he sent Corvus to fetch a cup of water. When the crow got to the stream, a tasty-looking fig caught his eye. It was not yet ripe, so he decided to wait there until it was. He realized the delay would upset Apollo, so he found a snake and made up a tale about how he had been attacked by it. The god saw through the lie and banished the crow, the cup, and the serpent to the sky.
www.underthesky.com
Corvus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Corvus -226→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627
1 Corvus -226 2 Corvus -226 3 Corvus -226 4 Corvus -226 5 Corvus -226 6 Corvus -226 7 Corvus -226 8 Corvus -226 9 Corvus -226 10 Corvus -226 11 Corvus -226 12 Corvus -226 13 Corvus -226 14 Corvus -226 15 Corvus -226 16 Corvus -226 17 Corvus -226 18 Corvus -226 19 Corvus -226 20 Corvus -226 21 Corvus -226 22 Corvus -226 23 Corvus -226 24 Corvus -226 25 Corvus -226 26 Corvus -226 27 Corvus -226 1 Corvus -225 30 December 1185 31 December 1185 1 January 1186 2 January 1186 3 January 1186 4 January 1186 5 January 1186 6 January 1186 7 January 1186 8 January 1186 9 January 1186 10 January 1186 11 January 1186 12 January 1186 13 January 1186 14 January 1186 15 January 1186 16 January 1186 17 January 1186 18 January 1186 19 January 1186 20 January 1186 21 January 1186 22 January 1186 23 January 1186 24 January 1186 25 January 1186 26 January 1186 27 January 1186 28 January 1186
MS -298432 MS -298433 MS -298434 MS -298435 MS -298436 MS -298437 MS -298438 MS -298439 MS -298440 MS -298441 MS -298442 MS -298443 MS -298444 MS -298445 MS -298446 MS -298447 MS -298448 MS -298449 MS -298450 MS -298451 MS -298452 MS -298453 MS -298454 MS -298455 MS -298456 MS -298457 MS -298458 MS -298404 MD -306732 MD -306731 MD -306730 MD -306729 MD -306728 MD -306727 MD -306726 MD -306725 MD -306724 MD -306723 MD -306722 MD -306721 MD -306720 MD -306719 MD -306718 MD -306717 MD -306716 MD -306715 MD -306714 MD -306713 MD -306712 MD -306711 MD -306710 MD -306709 MD -306708 MD -306707 MD -306706 MD -306705 MD -306704 MD -306703