Constellations
Corvus (Crv)
The Crow
Also known as crow, raven.
6 looks for Corvus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Corvus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Crow
- IAU abbreviation
- Crv
- Its stars are named
- Corvi (as in "Alpha Corvi")
- Family
- Hercules family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in May
- Centre
- Right ascension 12h 20m, declination −20° 59′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- Gienah, magnitude 2.59
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Gienah (γ Crv)mag 2.59
- Kraz (β Crv)mag 2.65
- Algorab (δ Crv)mag 2.95
- Minkar (ε Crv)mag 3.00
- Alchiba (α Crv)mag 4.02
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation