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 1103→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Grus 1103 2 Grus 1103 3 Grus 1103 4 Grus 1103 5 Grus 1103 6 Grus 1103 7 Grus 1103 8 Grus 1103 9 Grus 1103 10 Grus 1103 11 Grus 1103 12 Grus 1103 13 Grus 1103 14 Grus 1103 15 Grus 1103 16 Grus 1103 17 Grus 1103 18 Grus 1103 19 Grus 1103 20 Grus 1103 21 Grus 1103 22 Grus 1103 23 Grus 1103 24 Grus 1103 25 Grus 1103 26 Grus 1103 27 Grus 1103 28 Grus 1103 1 Pegasus 1103 23 January 3687 24 January 3687 25 January 3687 26 January 3687 27 January 3687 28 January 3687 29 January 3687 30 January 3687 31 January 3687 1 February 3687 2 February 3687 3 February 3687 4 February 3687 5 February 3687 6 February 3687 7 February 3687 8 February 3687 9 February 3687 10 February 3687 11 February 3687 12 February 3687 13 February 3687 14 February 3687 15 February 3687 16 February 3687 17 February 3687 18 February 3687 19 February 3687 20 February 3687 21 February 3687
MS 590375 MS 590376 MS 590377 MS 590378 MS 590379 MS 590380 MS 590381 MS 590382 MS 590383 MS 590384 MS 590385 MS 590386 MS 590387 MS 590388 MS 590389 MS 590390 MS 590391 MS 590392 MS 590393 MS 590394 MS 590395 MS 590396 MS 590397 MS 590398 MS 590399 MS 590400 MS 590401 MS 590402 MS 590403 MD 606764 MD 606765 MD 606766 MD 606767 MD 606768 MD 606769 MD 606770 MD 606771 MD 606772 MD 606773 MD 606774 MD 606775 MD 606776 MD 606777 MD 606778 MD 606779 MD 606780 MD 606781 MD 606782 MD 606783 MD 606784 MD 606785 MD 606786 MD 606787 MD 606788 MD 606789 MD 606790 MD 606791 MD 606792 MD 606793