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 -818→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Grus -818 2 Grus -818 3 Grus -818 4 Grus -818 5 Grus -818 6 Grus -818 7 Grus -818 8 Grus -818 9 Grus -818 10 Grus -818 11 Grus -818 12 Grus -818 13 Grus -818 14 Grus -818 15 Grus -818 16 Grus -818 17 Grus -818 18 Grus -818 19 Grus -818 20 Grus -818 21 Grus -818 22 Grus -818 23 Grus -818 24 Grus -818 25 Grus -818 26 Grus -818 27 Grus -818 28 Grus -818 1 Cetus -817 29 December 0072 30 December 0072 31 December 0072 1 January 0073 2 January 0073 3 January 0073 4 January 0073 5 January 0073 6 January 0073 7 January 0073 8 January 0073 9 January 0073 10 January 0073 11 January 0073 12 January 0073 13 January 0073 14 January 0073 15 January 0073 16 January 0073 17 January 0073 18 January 0073 19 January 0073 20 January 0073 21 January 0073 22 January 0073 23 January 0073 24 January 0073 25 January 0073 26 January 0073 27 January 0073
MS -693960 MS -693961 MS -693962 MS -693963 MS -693964 MS -693965 MS -693966 MS -693967 MS -693968 MS -693969 MS -693970 MS -693971 MS -693972 MS -693973 MS -693974 MS -693975 MS -693976 MS -693977 MS -693978 MS -693979 MS -693980 MS -693981 MS -693982 MS -693983 MS -693984 MS -693985 MS -693986 MS -693987 MS -693932 MD -713247 MD -713246 MD -713245 MD -713244 MD -713243 MD -713242 MD -713241 MD -713240 MD -713239 MD -713238 MD -713237 MD -713236 MD -713235 MD -713234 MD -713233 MD -713232 MD -713231 MD -713230 MD -713229 MD -713228 MD -713227 MD -713226 MD -713225 MD -713224 MD -713223 MD -713222 MD -713221 MD -713220 MD -713219 MD -713218