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 1111→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627
1 Corvus 1111 2 Corvus 1111 3 Corvus 1111 4 Corvus 1111 5 Corvus 1111 6 Corvus 1111 7 Corvus 1111 8 Corvus 1111 9 Corvus 1111 10 Corvus 1111 11 Corvus 1111 12 Corvus 1111 13 Corvus 1111 14 Corvus 1111 15 Corvus 1111 16 Corvus 1111 17 Corvus 1111 18 Corvus 1111 19 Corvus 1111 20 Corvus 1111 21 Corvus 1111 22 Corvus 1111 23 Corvus 1111 24 Corvus 1111 25 Corvus 1111 26 Corvus 1111 27 Corvus 1111 1 Centaurus 1111 2 May 3701 3 May 3701 4 May 3701 5 May 3701 6 May 3701 7 May 3701 8 May 3701 9 May 3701 10 May 3701 11 May 3701 12 May 3701 13 May 3701 14 May 3701 15 May 3701 16 May 3701 17 May 3701 18 May 3701 19 May 3701 20 May 3701 21 May 3701 22 May 3701 23 May 3701 24 May 3701 25 May 3701 26 May 3701 27 May 3701 28 May 3701 29 May 3701 30 May 3701
MS 595446 MS 595447 MS 595448 MS 595449 MS 595450 MS 595451 MS 595452 MS 595453 MS 595454 MS 595455 MS 595456 MS 595457 MS 595458 MS 595459 MS 595460 MS 595461 MS 595462 MS 595463 MS 595464 MS 595465 MS 595466 MS 595467 MS 595468 MS 595469 MS 595470 MS 595471 MS 595472 MS 595473 MD 611976 MD 611977 MD 611978 MD 611979 MD 611980 MD 611981 MD 611982 MD 611983 MD 611984 MD 611985 MD 611986 MD 611987 MD 611988 MD 611989 MD 611990 MD 611991 MD 611992 MD 611993 MD 611994 MD 611995 MD 611996 MD 611997 MD 611998 MD 611999 MD 612000 MD 612001 MD 612002 MD 612003 MD 612004