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 -700→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Grus -700 2 Grus -700 3 Grus -700 4 Grus -700 5 Grus -700 6 Grus -700 7 Grus -700 8 Grus -700 9 Grus -700 10 Grus -700 11 Grus -700 12 Grus -700 13 Grus -700 14 Grus -700 15 Grus -700 16 Grus -700 17 Grus -700 18 Grus -700 19 Grus -700 20 Grus -700 21 Grus -700 22 Grus -700 23 Grus -700 24 Grus -700 25 Grus -700 26 Grus -700 27 Grus -700 28 Grus -700 2 Cetus -699 31 December 0294 1 January 0295 2 January 0295 3 January 0295 4 January 0295 5 January 0295 6 January 0295 7 January 0295 8 January 0295 9 January 0295 10 January 0295 11 January 0295 12 January 0295 13 January 0295 14 January 0295 15 January 0295 16 January 0295 17 January 0295 18 January 0295 19 January 0295 20 January 0295 21 January 0295 22 January 0295 23 January 0295 24 January 0295 25 January 0295 26 January 0295 27 January 0295 28 January 0295 29 January 0295
MS -615067 MS -615068 MS -615069 MS -615070 MS -615071 MS -615072 MS -615073 MS -615074 MS -615075 MS -615076 MS -615077 MS -615078 MS -615079 MS -615080 MS -615081 MS -615082 MS -615083 MS -615084 MS -615085 MS -615086 MS -615087 MS -615088 MS -615089 MS -615090 MS -615091 MS -615092 MS -615093 MS -615094 MS -615039 MD -632162 MD -632161 MD -632160 MD -632159 MD -632158 MD -632157 MD -632156 MD -632155 MD -632154 MD -632153 MD -632152 MD -632151 MD -632150 MD -632149 MD -632148 MD -632147 MD -632146 MD -632145 MD -632144 MD -632143 MD -632142 MD -632141 MD -632140 MD -632139 MD -632138 MD -632137 MD -632136 MD -632135 MD -632134 MD -632133