Corvus

Abbreviation: Crv
Genitive: Corvi
Right Ascension: 12.46 hours
Declination: -13.33 degrees

Corvus, the Crow, is visible in the Northern Hemisphere from January until May If you live in the lower latitudes.

Corvus, the Crow is a sacred bird of Phoebus Apollo in connection with giving prophetic functions. His wings were originally silver but were turned to black when he delivered bad news concerning the unfaithfulness of Cornis to Apollo.

Another story is where the bird is sent for a cup of water and returned to Apollo late, a water-snake in its grasp and a lie in its mouth. As punishment Apollo banished the bird to the stars just out of reach of a cup of water, which is guarded by Hydra.

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
GIENAH	12.00:15.00:48.36	-17.00:32.00:30.97	2.59
BET CRV	12.00:34.00:23.23	-23.00:23.00:48.31	2.65
ALGORAB	12.00:29.00:51.85	-16.00:30.00:55.57	2.95
EPS CRV	12.00:10.00:7.48	-22.00:37.00:11.15	3.00

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
SV Crv	12.00:47.00:9.60	-14.00:48.00:23.00	SRB	7.60	6.78
TT Crv	12.00:20.00:43.90	-11.00:32.00:6.00	SR	6.57	6.47
TU Crv	12.00:33.00:21.10	-20.00:15.00:5.00	DSCTC	0.02	6.53

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
STF 1669	12 41.3	-13 00	6.0, 6.1	5.40	311	13/ 14	284