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 1112→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Grus 1112 2 Grus 1112 3 Grus 1112 4 Grus 1112 5 Grus 1112 6 Grus 1112 7 Grus 1112 8 Grus 1112 9 Grus 1112 10 Grus 1112 11 Grus 1112 12 Grus 1112 13 Grus 1112 14 Grus 1112 15 Grus 1112 16 Grus 1112 17 Grus 1112 18 Grus 1112 19 Grus 1112 20 Grus 1112 21 Grus 1112 22 Grus 1112 23 Grus 1112 24 Grus 1112 25 Grus 1112 26 Grus 1112 27 Grus 1112 28 Grus 1112 1 Pegasus 1112 31 December 3703 1 January 3704 2 January 3704 3 January 3704 4 January 3704 5 January 3704 6 January 3704 7 January 3704 8 January 3704 9 January 3704 10 January 3704 11 January 3704 12 January 3704 13 January 3704 14 January 3704 15 January 3704 16 January 3704 17 January 3704 18 January 3704 19 January 3704 20 January 3704 21 January 3704 22 January 3704 23 January 3704 24 January 3704 25 January 3704 26 January 3704 27 January 3704 28 January 3704 29 January 3704
MS 596393 MS 596394 MS 596395 MS 596396 MS 596397 MS 596398 MS 596399 MS 596400 MS 596401 MS 596402 MS 596403 MS 596404 MS 596405 MS 596406 MS 596407 MS 596408 MS 596409 MS 596410 MS 596411 MS 596412 MS 596413 MS 596414 MS 596415 MS 596416 MS 596417 MS 596418 MS 596419 MS 596420 MS 596421 MD 612949 MD 612950 MD 612951 MD 612952 MD 612953 MD 612954 MD 612955 MD 612956 MD 612957 MD 612958 MD 612959 MD 612960 MD 612961 MD 612962 MD 612963 MD 612964 MD 612965 MD 612966 MD 612967 MD 612968 MD 612969 MD 612970 MD 612971 MD 612972 MD 612973 MD 612974 MD 612975 MD 612976 MD 612977 MD 612978