Crater

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Crater is a small constellation in the southern sky, traditionally depicted as a cup or goblet in Greek mythology.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
abbreviation Crt
areaSquareDegrees 282
belongsToIAUConstellationList true
bestViewingMonth April
borderingConstellation Corvus NERFINISHED
Hydra NERFINISHED
Leo NERFINISHED
Sextans NERFINISHED
Virgo NERFINISHED
brightestStar Delta Crateris NERFINISHED
brightestStarAlternativeName Labrum NERFINISHED
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 3.56
cataloguedBy Ptolemy NERFINISHED
constellationFamily Hercules family
containsTypeOfObject barred spiral galaxy
spiral galaxy
declinationRange −6° to −25°
eclipticCrossing no
genitiveName Crateris
hasIAUThreeLetterAbbreviation Crt
hasMythologicalTheme vessel for wine or water
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere
IAUApprovalYear 1922
locatedIn southern sky
milkyWayPassesThrough no
mythologicalAssociation cup carried by the crow Corvus
cup of the god Apollo
name Crater NERFINISHED
notableDeepSkyObject NGC 3511 NERFINISHED
NGC 3513 NERFINISHED
NGC 3887 NERFINISHED
NGC 3981 NERFINISHED
notableStar Alpha Crateris NERFINISHED
Beta Crateris NERFINISHED
Gamma Crateris NERFINISHED
Zeta Crateris NERFINISHED
numberOfStarsBrighterThan3_0mag 0 GENERATED
rankByArea 53
rightAscensionRange 10h40m to 11h50m
symbolism cup
goblet
traditionalOrigin Greek mythology
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +65 and −90
visibleInEveningSkyIn autumn (Southern Hemisphere)
spring (Northern Hemisphere)
zodiacConstellation false

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