Crater

Abbreviation: Crt
Genitive: Crateris
Right Ascension: 11.43 hours
Declination: -12.00 degrees

Crater, the Cup, to the Greeks was the globlet of Apollo. Cicero called it Cratera, and Manilius decscribed it as gratus Iaccho Crater, a poetic name for Bacchus. It may be found in ancient manuscripts as Creter. The Greeks also called it the Cinerary Urn, a water bucket.

Caesius wrote that Crater represented the Cup of Joseph found in Benjamin's sack, or the Cup of Christ's passion, an old constellation which combined the stars of Crater with Corvus formed the Ark of the Convenant.

Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)

Common Name or Bayer Number 1	RA	DEC	Magnitude 2
DEL CRT	11.00:19.00:20.45	-14.00:46.00:42.83	3.56
ALKES	10.00:59.00:46.47	-18.00:17.00:55.65	4.08
GAM CRT	11.00:24.00:52.92	-17.00:41.00:2.47	4.08
BET CRT	11.00:11.00:39.49	-22.00:49.00:33.10	4.48
THE CRT	11.00:36.00:40.91	-9.00:48.00:8.16	4.70
ZET CRT	11.00:44.00:45.78	-18.00:21.00:2.73	4.73
ETA CRT	11.00:56.00:0.94	-17.00:9.00:3.02	5.18

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.

Object	R.A.	Dec.	Object Type 3	Mag.	Uranometria	Tirion

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

GCVS ID	R.A. (hh mm ss.ss)	Dec. (deg mm ss)	Variable Type 4	Mag. Min	Mag. Max
RX Crt	11.00:15.00:18.50	-21.00:52.00:19.00	SRB	7.70	7.30
SV Crt	11.00:14.00:26.00	-6.00:51.00:43.00	ACV	6.35	6.32
SY Crt	11.00:13.00:8.90	-12.00:19.00:11.00	LB:	6.62	6.34

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)

Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude

Name	R.A. (hh mm.m)	Dec. (deg mm)	Mag 5	Sep 6	PA 7	Tirion	Uranometria