Grus
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Grus is a southern sky constellation representing a crane, notable for its bright stars and visibility from the Southern Hemisphere.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alpha Gruis | 0 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Gru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Alnair NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude | 1.74 ⓘ |
| areaInSquareDegrees | 366 ⓘ |
| areaRankAmongConstellations | 45 ⓘ |
| bestVisibleInMonth | October ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Indus
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Microscopium NERFINISHED ⓘ Phoenix NERFINISHED ⓘ Piscis Austrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ Tucana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Alpha Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsBrightStar |
Alpha Gruis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Beta Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Delta Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Iota Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambda Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Sigma Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Tau Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Theta Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Xi Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsDeepSkyObject |
Grus Quartet
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
IC 5201 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7213 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7424 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGalaxy |
NGC 7552
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 7582 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7590 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 7599 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsGalaxyGroup | Grus Quartet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStarBrighterThanMagnitude | 2.0 ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately −36° to −56° ⓘ |
| firstAppearedOnAtlas | Johann Bayer Uranometria 1603 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearedOnGlobe | Petrus Plancius 1598 celestial globe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Gruis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | Southern Hemisphere ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Petrus Plancius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| isOneOf | 88 modern constellations ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southernCelestialHemisphere ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | the crane ⓘ |
| represents | crane ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 21h to 23h ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Piscis Austrinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spectralType | B6V ⓘ |
| visibleAtLatitudesBetween | +34 and −90 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tucana