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 -763→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Grus -763 2 Grus -763 3 Grus -763 4 Grus -763 5 Grus -763 6 Grus -763 7 Grus -763 8 Grus -763 9 Grus -763 10 Grus -763 11 Grus -763 12 Grus -763 13 Grus -763 14 Grus -763 15 Grus -763 16 Grus -763 17 Grus -763 18 Grus -763 19 Grus -763 20 Grus -763 21 Grus -763 22 Grus -763 23 Grus -763 24 Grus -763 25 Grus -763 26 Grus -763 27 Grus -763 28 Grus -763 1 Cetus -762 21 June 0176 22 June 0176 23 June 0176 24 June 0176 25 June 0176 26 June 0176 27 June 0176 28 June 0176 29 June 0176 30 June 0176 1 July 0176 2 July 0176 3 July 0176 4 July 0176 5 July 0176 6 July 0176 7 July 0176 8 July 0176 9 July 0176 10 July 0176 11 July 0176 12 July 0176 13 July 0176 14 July 0176 15 July 0176 16 July 0176 17 July 0176 18 July 0176 19 July 0176 20 July 0176
MS -657188 MS -657189 MS -657190 MS -657191 MS -657192 MS -657193 MS -657194 MS -657195 MS -657196 MS -657197 MS -657198 MS -657199 MS -657200 MS -657201 MS -657202 MS -657203 MS -657204 MS -657205 MS -657206 MS -657207 MS -657208 MS -657209 MS -657210 MS -657211 MS -657212 MS -657213 MS -657214 MS -657215 MS -657160 MD -675453 MD -675452 MD -675451 MD -675450 MD -675449 MD -675448 MD -675447 MD -675446 MD -675445 MD -675444 MD -675443 MD -675442 MD -675441 MD -675440 MD -675439 MD -675438 MD -675437 MD -675436 MD -675435 MD -675434 MD -675433 MD -675432 MD -675431 MD -675430 MD -675429 MD -675428 MD -675427 MD -675426 MD -675425 MD -675424