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 1361→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Grus 1361 2 Grus 1361 3 Grus 1361 4 Grus 1361 5 Grus 1361 6 Grus 1361 7 Grus 1361 8 Grus 1361 9 Grus 1361 10 Grus 1361 11 Grus 1361 12 Grus 1361 13 Grus 1361 14 Grus 1361 15 Grus 1361 16 Grus 1361 17 Grus 1361 18 Grus 1361 19 Grus 1361 20 Grus 1361 21 Grus 1361 22 Grus 1361 23 Grus 1361 24 Grus 1361 25 Grus 1361 26 Grus 1361 27 Grus 1361 28 Grus 1361 1 Pegasus 1361 18 June 4172 19 June 4172 20 June 4172 21 June 4172 22 June 4172 23 June 4172 24 June 4172 25 June 4172 26 June 4172 27 June 4172 28 June 4172 29 June 4172 30 June 4172 1 July 4172 2 July 4172 3 July 4172 4 July 4172 5 July 4172 6 July 4172 7 July 4172 8 July 4172 9 July 4172 10 July 4172 11 July 4172 12 July 4172 13 July 4172 14 July 4172 15 July 4172 16 July 4172 17 July 4172
MS 762872 MS 762873 MS 762874 MS 762875 MS 762876 MS 762877 MS 762878 MS 762879 MS 762880 MS 762881 MS 762882 MS 762883 MS 762884 MS 762885 MS 762886 MS 762887 MS 762888 MS 762889 MS 762890 MS 762891 MS 762892 MS 762893 MS 762894 MS 762895 MS 762896 MS 762897 MS 762898 MS 762899 MS 762900 MD 784053 MD 784054 MD 784055 MD 784056 MD 784057 MD 784058 MD 784059 MD 784060 MD 784061 MD 784062 MD 784063 MD 784064 MD 784065 MD 784066 MD 784067 MD 784068 MD 784069 MD 784070 MD 784071 MD 784072 MD 784073 MD 784074 MD 784075 MD 784076 MD 784077 MD 784078 MD 784079 MD 784080 MD 784081 MD 784082