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 446→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Grus 446 2 Grus 446 3 Grus 446 4 Grus 446 5 Grus 446 6 Grus 446 7 Grus 446 8 Grus 446 9 Grus 446 10 Grus 446 11 Grus 446 12 Grus 446 13 Grus 446 14 Grus 446 15 Grus 446 16 Grus 446 17 Grus 446 18 Grus 446 19 Grus 446 20 Grus 446 21 Grus 446 22 Grus 446 23 Grus 446 24 Grus 446 25 Grus 446 26 Grus 446 27 Grus 446 28 Grus 446 1 Pegasus 446 30 December 2450 31 December 2450 1 January 2451 2 January 2451 3 January 2451 4 January 2451 5 January 2451 6 January 2451 7 January 2451 8 January 2451 9 January 2451 10 January 2451 11 January 2451 12 January 2451 13 January 2451 14 January 2451 15 January 2451 16 January 2451 17 January 2451 18 January 2451 19 January 2451 20 January 2451 21 January 2451 22 January 2451 23 January 2451 24 January 2451 25 January 2451 26 January 2451 27 January 2451
MS 151112 MS 151113 MS 151114 MS 151115 MS 151116 MS 151117 MS 151118 MS 151119 MS 151120 MS 151121 MS 151122 MS 151123 MS 151124 MS 151125 MS 151126 MS 151127 MS 151128 MS 151129 MS 151130 MS 151131 MS 151132 MS 151133 MS 151134 MS 151135 MS 151136 MS 151137 MS 151138 MS 151139 MS 151140 MD 155300 MD 155301 MD 155302 MD 155303 MD 155304 MD 155305 MD 155306 MD 155307 MD 155308 MD 155309 MD 155310 MD 155311 MD 155312 MD 155313 MD 155314 MD 155315 MD 155316 MD 155317 MD 155318 MD 155319 MD 155320 MD 155321 MD 155322 MD 155323 MD 155324 MD 155325 MD 155326 MD 155327 MD 155328