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=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
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File:Grus Bayer1603.jpg|Grus in Bayer (1603)
File:Gru Fortin1795.jpg|Grus in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
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== Mythology ==
== Mythology ==
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* [[References]] (general)
* [[References]] (general)
* [[References (Babylonian)]]
* [[References (Greco-Roman)|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]
* [[References (Greco-Roman)|References (ancient Greco-Roman)]]
* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]
* [[References (Medieval and Early Modern)|References (medieval)]]


[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Almagest]] [[Category:Mesopotamian]] [[Category:West Asian]] [[Category:Modern]]
[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Modern]]
[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:European]][[Category:4work]]
[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]] [[Category:European]][[Category:4work]]

Latest revision as of 18:08, 26 January 2025

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Grus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

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"Reygher" (Heron) was the original name of the constellation in Dutch: see de Houtman (1603) "den Reygher", modern Grus. screenshot of star catalogue.


Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

Weblinks

References