Grus

Abbreviation: Gru
Genitive: Gruis
Right Ascension: 22.61 hours
Declination: -44.52 degrees

Grus, the Crane, is visible to Latitudes south of 33 degrees North, from July - September.

Grus was invented by Pieter Dirksz Keyser and Fredrick Houtman between 1595 - 1597, it probably was known much eariler and most likely it represents an astromer of Eygpt, as the crane was the symbol of that office.

The Arabs included the stars of this constellation with the Southern Fish.

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
AL NA'IR	22.00:8.00:14.00	-46.00:57.00:39.59	1.74
BET GRU	22.00:42.00:40.06	-46.00:53.00:4.69	2.11
GAM GRU	21.00:53.00:55.73	-37.00:21.00:53.60	3.01
EPS GRU	22.00:48.00:33.30	-51.00:19.00:0.74	3.49
IOT GRU	23.00:10.00:21.55	-45.00:14.00:48.26	3.90
DEL1 GRU	22.00:29.00:16.18	-43.00:29.00:44.13	3.97
ZET GRU	23.00:0.00:52.80	-52.00:45.00:14.89	4.12
LAM GRU	22.00:6.00:6.89	-39.00:32.00:36.05	4.46
NU GRU	22.00:28.00:39.21	-39.00:7.00:54.59	5.47
OMI GRU	23.00:26.00:36.58	-52.00:43.00:17.95	5.52

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
IC 1459	22 57.2	-36 25	GALXY	10.0	384	23

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
AX Gru	22.00:46.00:57.20	-55.00:29.00:58.00	LB:	0.16	7.00
BK Gru	22.00:21.00:41.00	-39.00:22.00:51.00	ACV	6.89	6.82
BP Gru	22.00:58.00:56.20	-45.00:6.00:33.00	ACVO	0.00	7.60
BZ Gru	21.00:54.00:1.50	-37.00:59.00:7.00	DSCTC	6.21	6.13
CC Gru	22.00:36.00:3.60	-52.00:57.00:10.00	DSCTC	6.68	6.62
CD Gru	22.00:23.00:9.00	-45.00:29.00:30.00	M:	2.86	2.48
bet Gru	22.00:39.00:41.40	-47.00:8.00:48.00	LC:	2.30	2.00
del 2 Gru	22.00:26.00:46.70	-44.00:0.00:21.00	LB:	4.20	3.99
pi. 1 Gru	22.00:19.00:41.10	-46.00:12.00:2.00	SRB	6.70	5.41

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
HJ 5319	22 12.0	-38 18	7.6, 7.7	2.10	130	23	383
JC 20	23 06.8	-43 31	4.5, 7.0	1.40	92	23	415
DUN 246	23 07.3	-50 41	6.1, 6.8	8.70	255	23	415/ 439
DUN 249	23 23.8	-53 48	6.5, 7.3	26.50	112	26	439