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 149→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Grus 149 2 Grus 149 3 Grus 149 4 Grus 149 5 Grus 149 6 Grus 149 7 Grus 149 8 Grus 149 9 Grus 149 10 Grus 149 11 Grus 149 12 Grus 149 13 Grus 149 14 Grus 149 15 Grus 149 16 Grus 149 17 Grus 149 18 Grus 149 19 Grus 149 20 Grus 149 21 Grus 149 22 Grus 149 23 Grus 149 24 Grus 149 25 Grus 149 26 Grus 149 27 Grus 149 28 Grus 149 1 Pegasus 149 22 March 1892 23 March 1892 24 March 1892 25 March 1892 26 March 1892 27 March 1892 28 March 1892 29 March 1892 30 March 1892 31 March 1892 1 April 1892 2 April 1892 3 April 1892 4 April 1892 5 April 1892 6 April 1892 7 April 1892 8 April 1892 9 April 1892 10 April 1892 11 April 1892 12 April 1892 13 April 1892 14 April 1892 15 April 1892 16 April 1892 17 April 1892 18 April 1892 19 April 1892
MS -47460 MS -47459 MS -47458 MS -47457 MS -47456 MS -47455 MS -47454 MS -47453 MS -47452 MS -47451 MS -47450 MS -47449 MS -47448 MS -47447 MS -47446 MS -47445 MS -47444 MS -47443 MS -47442 MS -47441 MS -47440 MS -47439 MS -47438 MS -47437 MS -47436 MS -47435 MS -47434 MS -47433 MS -47432 MD -48788 MD -48787 MD -48786 MD -48785 MD -48784 MD -48783 MD -48782 MD -48781 MD -48780 MD -48779 MD -48778 MD -48777 MD -48776 MD -48775 MD -48774 MD -48773 MD -48772 MD -48771 MD -48770 MD -48769 MD -48768 MD -48767 MD -48766 MD -48765 MD -48764 MD -48763 MD -48762 MD -48761 MD -48760