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 -600→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Grus -600 2 Grus -600 3 Grus -600 4 Grus -600 5 Grus -600 6 Grus -600 7 Grus -600 8 Grus -600 9 Grus -600 10 Grus -600 11 Grus -600 12 Grus -600 13 Grus -600 14 Grus -600 15 Grus -600 16 Grus -600 17 Grus -600 18 Grus -600 19 Grus -600 20 Grus -600 21 Grus -600 22 Grus -600 23 Grus -600 24 Grus -600 25 Grus -600 26 Grus -600 27 Grus -600 28 Grus -600 1 Cetus -599 20 February 0483 21 February 0483 22 February 0483 23 February 0483 24 February 0483 25 February 0483 26 February 0483 27 February 0483 28 February 0483 1 March 0483 2 March 0483 3 March 0483 4 March 0483 5 March 0483 6 March 0483 7 March 0483 8 March 0483 9 March 0483 10 March 0483 11 March 0483 12 March 0483 13 March 0483 14 March 0483 15 March 0483 16 March 0483 17 March 0483 18 March 0483 19 March 0483 20 March 0483 21 March 0483
MS -548207 MS -548208 MS -548209 MS -548210 MS -548211 MS -548212 MS -548213 MS -548214 MS -548215 MS -548216 MS -548217 MS -548218 MS -548219 MS -548220 MS -548221 MS -548222 MS -548223 MS -548224 MS -548225 MS -548226 MS -548227 MS -548228 MS -548229 MS -548230 MS -548231 MS -548232 MS -548233 MS -548234 MS -548179 MD -563445 MD -563444 MD -563443 MD -563442 MD -563441 MD -563440 MD -563439 MD -563438 MD -563437 MD -563436 MD -563435 MD -563434 MD -563433 MD -563432 MD -563431 MD -563430 MD -563429 MD -563428 MD -563427 MD -563426 MD -563425 MD -563424 MD -563423 MD -563422 MD -563421 MD -563420 MD -563419 MD -563418 MD -563417 MD -563416