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 644→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Grus 644 2 Grus 644 3 Grus 644 4 Grus 644 5 Grus 644 6 Grus 644 7 Grus 644 8 Grus 644 9 Grus 644 10 Grus 644 11 Grus 644 12 Grus 644 13 Grus 644 14 Grus 644 15 Grus 644 16 Grus 644 17 Grus 644 18 Grus 644 19 Grus 644 20 Grus 644 21 Grus 644 22 Grus 644 23 Grus 644 24 Grus 644 25 Grus 644 26 Grus 644 27 Grus 644 28 Grus 644 1 Pegasus 644 6 July 2823 7 July 2823 8 July 2823 9 July 2823 10 July 2823 11 July 2823 12 July 2823 13 July 2823 14 July 2823 15 July 2823 16 July 2823 17 July 2823 18 July 2823 19 July 2823 20 July 2823 21 July 2823 22 July 2823 23 July 2823 24 July 2823 25 July 2823 26 July 2823 27 July 2823 28 July 2823 29 July 2823 30 July 2823 31 July 2823 1 August 2823 2 August 2823 3 August 2823 4 August 2823
MS 283493 MS 283494 MS 283495 MS 283496 MS 283497 MS 283498 MS 283499 MS 283500 MS 283501 MS 283502 MS 283503 MS 283504 MS 283505 MS 283506 MS 283507 MS 283508 MS 283509 MS 283510 MS 283511 MS 283512 MS 283513 MS 283514 MS 283515 MS 283516 MS 283517 MS 283518 MS 283519 MS 283520 MS 283521 MD 291358 MD 291359 MD 291360 MD 291361 MD 291362 MD 291363 MD 291364 MD 291365 MD 291366 MD 291367 MD 291368 MD 291369 MD 291370 MD 291371 MD 291372 MD 291373 MD 291374 MD 291375 MD 291376 MD 291377 MD 291378 MD 291379 MD 291380 MD 291381 MD 291382 MD 291383 MD 291384 MD 291385 MD 291386 MD 291387