IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Grus
The Crane
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationGru
GenitiveGruis
Pronunciation/ˈɡrʌs/, or colloquially /ˈɡruːs/ genitive /ˈɡruːɪs/
GRUSS/GROOS
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary StarAlnair (α Gru)
Right Ascention 22h 08m Declination -46° 58'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.637 h (38.2 min)
Grus, “The Crane”, is one of the inventions of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, two Dutch navigators who observed the southern skies at the end of the sixteenth century. It is another of their creations based on animals. The crane was also considered a symbol of astronomy to the ancient Egyptians.
www.underthesky.com
Grus as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Grus -27→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Grus -27 2 Grus -27 3 Grus -27 4 Grus -27 5 Grus -27 6 Grus -27 7 Grus -27 8 Grus -27 9 Grus -27 10 Grus -27 11 Grus -27 12 Grus -27 13 Grus -27 14 Grus -27 15 Grus -27 16 Grus -27 17 Grus -27 18 Grus -27 19 Grus -27 20 Grus -27 21 Grus -27 22 Grus -27 23 Grus -27 24 Grus -27 25 Grus -27 26 Grus -27 27 Grus -27 28 Grus -27 1 Cetus -26 7 March 1561 8 March 1561 9 March 1561 10 March 1561 11 March 1561 12 March 1561 13 March 1561 14 March 1561 15 March 1561 16 March 1561 17 March 1561 18 March 1561 19 March 1561 20 March 1561 21 March 1561 22 March 1561 23 March 1561 24 March 1561 25 March 1561 26 March 1561 27 March 1561 28 March 1561 29 March 1561 30 March 1561 31 March 1561 1 April 1561 2 April 1561 3 April 1561 4 April 1561 5 April 1561
MS -165103 MS -165104 MS -165105 MS -165106 MS -165107 MS -165108 MS -165109 MS -165110 MS -165111 MS -165112 MS -165113 MS -165114 MS -165115 MS -165116 MS -165117 MS -165118 MS -165119 MS -165120 MS -165121 MS -165122 MS -165123 MS -165124 MS -165125 MS -165126 MS -165127 MS -165128 MS -165129 MS -165130 MS -165075 MD -169699 MD -169698 MD -169697 MD -169696 MD -169695 MD -169694 MD -169693 MD -169692 MD -169691 MD -169690 MD -169689 MD -169688 MD -169687 MD -169686 MD -169685 MD -169684 MD -169683 MD -169682 MD -169681 MD -169680 MD -169679 MD -169678 MD -169677 MD -169676 MD -169675 MD -169674 MD -169673 MD -169672 MD -169671 MD -169670