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 -340→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627
1 Corvus -340 2 Corvus -340 3 Corvus -340 4 Corvus -340 5 Corvus -340 6 Corvus -340 7 Corvus -340 8 Corvus -340 9 Corvus -340 10 Corvus -340 11 Corvus -340 12 Corvus -340 13 Corvus -340 14 Corvus -340 15 Corvus -340 16 Corvus -340 17 Corvus -340 18 Corvus -340 19 Corvus -340 20 Corvus -340 21 Corvus -340 22 Corvus -340 23 Corvus -340 24 Corvus -340 25 Corvus -340 26 Corvus -340 27 Corvus -340 2 Corvus -339 8 July 0971 9 July 0971 10 July 0971 11 July 0971 12 July 0971 13 July 0971 14 July 0971 15 July 0971 16 July 0971 17 July 0971 18 July 0971 19 July 0971 20 July 0971 21 July 0971 22 July 0971 23 July 0971 24 July 0971 25 July 0971 26 July 0971 27 July 0971 28 July 0971 29 July 0971 30 July 0971 31 July 0971 1 August 0971 2 August 0971 3 August 0971 4 August 0971 5 August 0971 6 August 0971
MS -374652 MS -374653 MS -374654 MS -374655 MS -374656 MS -374657 MS -374658 MS -374659 MS -374660 MS -374661 MS -374662 MS -374663 MS -374664 MS -374665 MS -374666 MS -374667 MS -374668 MS -374669 MS -374670 MS -374671 MS -374672 MS -374673 MS -374674 MS -374675 MS -374676 MS -374677 MS -374678 MS -374624 MD -385069 MD -385068 MD -385067 MD -385066 MD -385065 MD -385064 MD -385063 MD -385062 MD -385061 MD -385060 MD -385059 MD -385058 MD -385057 MD -385056 MD -385055 MD -385054 MD -385053 MD -385052 MD -385051 MD -385050 MD -385049 MD -385048 MD -385047 MD -385046 MD -385045 MD -385044 MD -385043 MD -385042 MD -385041 MD -385040