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 589→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Grus 589 2 Grus 589 3 Grus 589 4 Grus 589 5 Grus 589 6 Grus 589 7 Grus 589 8 Grus 589 9 Grus 589 10 Grus 589 11 Grus 589 12 Grus 589 13 Grus 589 14 Grus 589 15 Grus 589 16 Grus 589 17 Grus 589 18 Grus 589 19 Grus 589 20 Grus 589 21 Grus 589 22 Grus 589 23 Grus 589 24 Grus 589 25 Grus 589 26 Grus 589 27 Grus 589 28 Grus 589 1 Pegasus 589 13 January 2720 14 January 2720 15 January 2720 16 January 2720 17 January 2720 18 January 2720 19 January 2720 20 January 2720 21 January 2720 22 January 2720 23 January 2720 24 January 2720 25 January 2720 26 January 2720 27 January 2720 28 January 2720 29 January 2720 30 January 2720 31 January 2720 1 February 2720 2 February 2720 3 February 2720 4 February 2720 5 February 2720 6 February 2720 7 February 2720 8 February 2720 9 February 2720 10 February 2720 11 February 2720
MS 246720 MS 246721 MS 246722 MS 246723 MS 246724 MS 246725 MS 246726 MS 246727 MS 246728 MS 246729 MS 246730 MS 246731 MS 246732 MS 246733 MS 246734 MS 246735 MS 246736 MS 246737 MS 246738 MS 246739 MS 246740 MS 246741 MS 246742 MS 246743 MS 246744 MS 246745 MS 246746 MS 246747 MS 246748 MD 253563 MD 253564 MD 253565 MD 253566 MD 253567 MD 253568 MD 253569 MD 253570 MD 253571 MD 253572 MD 253573 MD 253574 MD 253575 MD 253576 MD 253577 MD 253578 MD 253579 MD 253580 MD 253581 MD 253582 MD 253583 MD 253584 MD 253585 MD 253586 MD 253587 MD 253588 MD 253589 MD 253590 MD 253591 MD 253592