Constellations
Grus (Gru)
The Crane
Also known as crane.
6 looks for Grus
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 Grus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Crane
- IAU abbreviation
- Gru
- Its stars are named
- Gruis (as in "Alpha Gruis")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in October
- Centre
- Right ascension 22h 25m, declination −44° 56′
- The figure
- 9 stars joined by 8 lines
- Brightest star
- Alnair, magnitude 1.74
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Alnair (α Gru)mag 1.74
- Tiaki (β Gru)mag 2.10
- Aldhanab (γ Gru)mag 3.01
- ε Grumag 3.49
- δ1 Grumag 3.97
- δ2 Grumag 4.11
- ζ Grumag 4.12
- λ Grumag 4.46
- μ1 Grumag 4.79
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