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 -797→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Grus -797 2 Grus -797 3 Grus -797 4 Grus -797 5 Grus -797 6 Grus -797 7 Grus -797 8 Grus -797 9 Grus -797 10 Grus -797 11 Grus -797 12 Grus -797 13 Grus -797 14 Grus -797 15 Grus -797 16 Grus -797 17 Grus -797 18 Grus -797 19 Grus -797 20 Grus -797 21 Grus -797 22 Grus -797 23 Grus -797 24 Grus -797 25 Grus -797 26 Grus -797 27 Grus -797 28 Grus -797 1 Cetus -796 3 July 0112 4 July 0112 5 July 0112 6 July 0112 7 July 0112 8 July 0112 9 July 0112 10 July 0112 11 July 0112 12 July 0112 13 July 0112 14 July 0112 15 July 0112 16 July 0112 17 July 0112 18 July 0112 19 July 0112 20 July 0112 21 July 0112 22 July 0112 23 July 0112 24 July 0112 25 July 0112 26 July 0112 27 July 0112 28 July 0112 29 July 0112 30 July 0112 31 July 0112 1 August 0112
MS -679920 MS -679921 MS -679922 MS -679923 MS -679924 MS -679925 MS -679926 MS -679927 MS -679928 MS -679929 MS -679930 MS -679931 MS -679932 MS -679933 MS -679934 MS -679935 MS -679936 MS -679937 MS -679938 MS -679939 MS -679940 MS -679941 MS -679942 MS -679943 MS -679944 MS -679945 MS -679946 MS -679947 MS -679892 MD -698817 MD -698816 MD -698815 MD -698814 MD -698813 MD -698812 MD -698811 MD -698810 MD -698809 MD -698808 MD -698807 MD -698806 MD -698805 MD -698804 MD -698803 MD -698802 MD -698801 MD -698800 MD -698799 MD -698798 MD -698797 MD -698796 MD -698795 MD -698794 MD -698793 MD -698792 MD -698791 MD -698790 MD -698789 MD -698788